Friday, April 8, 2011

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities - Capitol Forum ...

Ron Painter of the National Association of Workforce Boards discussed opportunities for collaboration between HACU and workforce development efforts. ...

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Labor secretary focuses on training

Worcester Telegram
Joanne F. Goldstein, a former labor lawyer who is secretary for Labor and Workforce Development in Massachusetts, said this morning students need more education and specific training to meet the requirements of today's businesses and to contribute to ...

Monday, April 4, 2011

Federal workforce program in danger of losing funding

Middletown Journal
By Ed Richter, Staff Writer 8:27 PM Saturday, April 2, 2011 LEBANON — After being unemployed for more than a year, Dale Miller said if it wasn't for a federal workforce development program that allowed him to gain new skills, he'd probably still be

WIA cuts could hurt, but JWCC's Workforce Development Center here to stay

Quincy Herald Whig
The US House of Representatives cut funding in February for work force development and job training under the Workforce Investment Act with approval of an appropriations bill. Huge budget deficits, coupled with lawmakers looking for all possible saving

Federal training cuts have long-term cost

Livingston Daily
As a local business owner and chair of the Livingston County Workforce Development Council, I am writing to oppose recent action taken by the US House of Representatives to eliminate all funding for local work-force programs. The House recently passed ...

Federal Grant Lays Foundation for New Job Retraining

Friday, Apr 1, 2011
Construction worker Miguel Vazquez talks with his son. He spent two years unemployed before a federally funded program helped him get back to work.
More than two years of unemployment have ended for Miguel Vazquez, a 39-year-old construction worker, thanks to a federally funded training program that enabled him to learn new green building techniques.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Exciting American Youth About Manufacturing

IndustryWeek
Aerospace jobs of all types are among the best-paid (software engineers in the aerospace industry command more than $44 an hour). And just about every study that has been done about aerospace employment in the next 20 years indicates the US will have a ...
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