CareerPath Shows the... Home More About Us Who We Are What We Do Key Resources Action Briefs Economic Development Resource Guide Education Links Unions Affiliated with AFL-CIO AFL... and economic development. CareerPath is an excellent example of how local government, unions and union employers can work together to help workers obtain higher skills and better... jobs and employers become more successful. Joslyn Williams President, Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO What We Do The Metropolitan Washington CareerPath Project seeks...

See more information... Home More About Us Who We Are What We Do Key Resources Action Briefs Economic Development Resource Guide Education Links Unions Affiliated with AFL-CIO AFL... such as recruiting unionized employers to serve on workforce investment boards, establishing a strategic plan and developing alliances with other board members and community groups... to use performance accountability systems to monitor services; Economic Development linkages facing workforce boards; and Sectoral Strategies that can be used to promote education...

WAI's Approach to Workforce... Home More About Us Who We Are What We Do Key Resources Action Briefs Economic Development Resource Guide Education Links Unions Affiliated with AFL... with businesses, foundations, government agencies, and community groups to build a high road economy. The goal is to lead both workers and employers to a new economy in which workers obtain... higher skills and better pay and employers become more productive. Under executive director Nancy Mills, the Institute is focusing activities in three key areas: Helping individual...

Consortium for Worker Education set up an emergency employment clearinghouse for displaced workers, with separate hotlines for displaced workers and businesses. As of early November...How Union Partnerships... Home More About Us Who We Are What We Do Key Resources Action Briefs Economic Development Resource Guide Education Links Unions Affiliated with AFL-CIO..., employers had offered more than 5,500 temporary jobs. The clearinghouse had received more than 17,000 phone calls from workers and 1,600 walk-in visits. The Union of Needletrades...

and $2 million in the Education Department budget). National Skills Standards Board: The NSSB is a partnership of employers, labor, education and community groups. It has helped...Full Story) Home More About Us Who We Are What We Do Key Resources Action Briefs Economic Development Resource Guide Education Links Unions Affiliated with AFL-CIO AFL-CIO Contact... FY 2003 Budget Proposal for Employment and Training Programs On February 4, 2002, the Bush administration released its proposed FY 2003 budget. As promised, the budget calls...