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co-sponsored by the Workforce Taskforce of
This forum with leaders from government, business, labor and policy experts will explore a new model for workforce development that addresses some of the challenges faced by labor-management partnerships in an era of globalization. The program will center on the work of the Task Force on Workforce Development, a project sponsored by The Albert Shanker Institute and the New Economy Information Service, who are sponsoring this discussion together with the National Association of Workforce Boards. The discussion Partnership for Sustaining High End Employment" will center on the Task Force's recent report "Learning Partnerships: Strengthening American Jobs in the Global Economy" that calls for far-reaching changes in the way the U.S. manages its workforce skills and training efforts. The key recommendation of establishing labor-management "learning partnerships" stems from a study of Britain's increasingly successful campaign to increase the training and skills development of its workforce. The Task Force warned that the skills base of the U.S. workforce will continue to erode without concerted efforts to train and retrain employees. Pressures from global competition, technological change, the pending retirement of the baby boomers create constant imbalances in the supply and demand for skills that our current workforce system is addressing inadequately. Local partnerships are key to helping communities, employers and employees confront these pressures. The forum will be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center just prior to the start of the annual Workforce Innovations 2005 Conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration and co-sponsored by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). This annual three-day conference will explore Intergration, Transformation and Innovation within the world of workforce investment. Pennsylvania has the 16th largest economy in the world with 45 percemt of U.S. manufacturers who have been hard hit by the steady loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs. which makes it a perfect venue for a discussion of our ideas. Discussion leaders will include the following distinguished members of the Task Force: Paul Almeida, President of the AFL-CIO's Department of Professional Employees; Gregory Junemann, President of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers; Saul Rubinstein, Associate Professor of Rutgers University's Labor Program; and Stephanie Powers, Chief Executive Office of the National Association of Workforce Boards. Lynn A. Karoly, Senior Economist, Rand Corporation, will also be making a presentation based on her recent book, The 21st Century at Work (co-authored with Constantijn W.A. Paris).
This forum is designed to promote an open exchange among all participants, therefore space is limited. Places will be reserved in the order that responses are received.
PROGRAM: PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINING HIGH END EMPLOYMENT
10:00 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Stephanie Powers, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Workforce Boards
Moderator: Greg Junemann, President, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers;
chair, Committee on the Evolution of Professional Careers for the Dept. of Professional Employees, AFL-CIO
Presenter: Lynn A. Karoly, Senior Economist, Rand Corporation; co-author (with Constantijn W. A. Panis) of The 21st Century at Work.
General Discussion
Moderator: Eugenia Kemble, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute
Stephanie Powers, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Workforce Board
Saul Rubinstein, Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
Paul Almeida, President, Department of Professional Employees, AFL-CIO
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