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NEW PAMPHLET: “MANUFACTURING MATTERS TO THE U.S. / MANUFACTURING JOBS MATTER TO US” NOW AVAILABLE
2/5/2007
The Working for America Institute has released a new guide outlining local strategies to preserve U.S. manufacturing jobs. Manufacturing Matters to the U.S. / Manufacturing Jobs Matter to US: A Union Member’s Handbook for Improving the Future of Manufacturing Jobs and the Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. explores a high-road strategy to increase the value of U.S. manufacturing jobs at the factory level.
 
GULF COAST SHIPBUILDING PARTNERSHIP'S TRANSITIONS PROGRAM IS BACK ONLINE POST-KATRINA
1/29/2007
The Gulf Coast Shipbuilding Partnership's Transitions Program—an industry-led consortium based in Pascagoula, Mississippi—is planning to re-open its doors in April with orientation and classroom training. Placements in the shipyard would begin in May.
 
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE STRATEGIES TOOL KIT RELEASED
11/13/2006
The Working for America Institute has released an Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Strategies Tool Kit, a resource guide designed to explore the workforce challenges facing the unionized segment of the manufacturing sector. The Tool Kit includes detailed case studies of exemplary labor-management partnerships that address those workforce challenges and "how-to" checklists that guide partnerships and the public system in replicating these promising practices in their own communities, and a comprehensive set of resources that can be used in this work. Labor-management partnerships and others addressing workforce challenges in manufacturing or other sectors can access the Tool Kit via a web-based or publication version.
 
AFL-CIO SUBMITS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED TAA REGULATIONS
10/30/2006
On October 23 the AFL-CIO submitted comments on the Department of Labor’s draft regulations for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. TAA provides for retraining, reemployment assistance and income support for workers who have lost their jobs due to federal trade policies.
 
JOBS TO CAREERS INITIATIVE ANNOUNCES AWARDS TO GROUPS IN NINE STATES – AFSCME DISTRICT COUNCIL 1199C IN PHILADEPHIA NAMED AS RECIPIENT
10/22/2006
Jobs to Careers, a program established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)—in collaboration with The Hitachi Foundation and coordinated by Jobs for the Future—selected nine lead partners for their initiative supporting frontline health care workers. The project, “Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care” is a national initiative to support the needs of workers delivering direct health care and services and of the employers, patients, and clients who require a skilled and stable frontline workforce.
 
DOL ANNOUNCES $125 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED JOB TRAINING GRANTS
7/6/2006
On July 3, DOL's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announced the availability of $125 million for the Community-Based Job Training Grants. Funds will be awarded to individual community and technical colleges, community college districts, state community college systems, One-Stop Career Centers, and other entities in areas without access to community colleges. Grantees will build the capacity of community colleges to train for careers in high growth, high demand industries in regional economies. Applications are due by August 29, 2006.
 
USDOL ANNOUNCES MANUFACTURING GRANT OPPORTUNITY
6/21/2006
The Department of Labor (USDOL) announced the availability of $10 million in grants for the manufacturing sector under the High Growth Job Training Initiative. Applications are due July 25, 2006. Applicants may be public, private for-profit, and private non-profit organizations. It is anticipated that individual awards will fall within the range of $750,000 to $1.5 million.
 
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE STRATEGIES FORUM
6/15/2006
On April 19-21, the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute and the Business Relations Group of the US Department of Labor co-sponsored an invitation-only convening of unions, their signatory employers and partners in the workforce, education and economic development systems in Dallas, Texas.
 
IS DEINDUSTRIALIZATION INEVITABLE?
5/22/2006
Manufacturing is critical to our national future. As a sector, it is simultaneously at the heart of our domestic economic problems and the key to the solution.
 
USDOL CREATES NEW NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANT WEB RESOURCE
5/9/2006
The new web resource (http://www.doleta.gov/neg) provides an overview of the National Emergency Grant (NEG) program, application information and forms, and a centralized location for the laws and regulations involving these grants. The site also provides information on recent grant awards.
 

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