Case Studies

Addressing the Challenges: Promising Practices 

There are many mature – as well as emerging – labor-management partnerships in the manufacturing sector that have addressed one or more of the identified workforce challenges.  The Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Strategies Forum was designed to showcase the promising practices of a number of these partnerships so that they can share their successes with others in their industries and with the public workforce system.

Challenge 1: Increasing firm/facility competitiveness and employee employment security through incumbent workers’ skills upgrading:  The nature of work in the manufacturing sector is changing.  Increasing use of both advanced technology and new work processes has added to the skill requirements of most manufacturing occupations.  Consequently, employers seek affordable ways to finance training for incumbent workers, and workers need specialized training to help them retain the better paying jobs within their firms and industries.

Addressed as a primary challenge:

CWA-IUE/Visteon Systems “Knowledge is Power” Program

Greater-St. Louis Automotive Training Consortium