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NEIS provides information and reviews debate on the impact globalization and technological change has on democracy at home and abroad. Current interest focuses on how American workers can be equipped with the skills they need for decent employment and economic security, and on how the globalization of the economy and the expansion of democracy can strengthen one another.
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The NEIS & Albert Shanker Institute
"Workforce Task Force" and the
National Association of Workforce Boards
forum on
"Partnership for Sustaining
High End Employment"
Program
Speakers Bios
Participants List
Keynote Address:
Dr. Lynn A. Karoly
The 21st Century at Work:
Forces Shaping the Future Workforce
and Workplace in the United States
NEIS Projects
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
REPORT RELEASED:
April 16, 2004 -- A report from the Task Force on Workforce Development of the Albert Shanker Institute and the New Economy Information Servicecalls for far-reaching changes in our workforce training and education system.
Learning Partnerships: Strengthening American Jobs in the Global Economy is the result of a year long study by a group that includes individuals from labor, business, education and the policy community who bring a wealth of direct experience in workforce issues. They call for a national campaign to preserve America's jobs and lorg-term economic strength by building ground-level learning partnerships supported by job-site learning representatives to help businesses of all sizes and their employees develop world-class skills.
The report also calls for an additional appropriation of $3 billion in the Workforce Development Act now before Congress to be devoted to training incumbent workers so they can keep their jobs. Federal programs now focus on those who have lost jobs or have special difficulties entering the labor market.
Full Report
Press Release
National Press Club Discussion
with John Monks General Secretary, British Trades Union Congress, introduction by Morton Bahr, President, Communications Workers of America,
on workforce development and training, January 3, 2003.
L to R: John Flynn, President, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers;
John Monks, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress; and John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO.
NEIS Publication:
"Workforce Development
and the New Unionism"
A collection of essays on how American unions contributed to building the workforce skills and competencies that have made the American economy among the most productive in the world. (For a copy of the book e-mail us at: vthomas@newecon.org.)
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Noteworthy
Skilled Labor in Hight Demand:
Employees Lament Declining Ranks of Capital Workers
by Nell Henderson
Washington Post, August 25, 2004
Specialized Jobs Remain Red Hot
by Timonthy Appel
Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2004.
U.S. Unions Resume Talks After 20 Years
Leigh Jenkins, South China Morning Post, September 27, 2002
Letter to the Editor
Barbara Shailor, Director, International Affairs, AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO Promotes Public Sector Partnerships
Three exemplary labor-management partnerships that saved jobs and taxpayer dollars in the public sector were described at a Capitol Hill briefing organized by the Working for America Institute on October 16, 2002.
Remarks of Anthony Carnevale
The role of education and training in the labor movement,
at the Working for America Conference, April 22, 2002.
Thirst for Knowledge
Associations, Information
and
Professional Development
A presentation by Richard Hurd on the role of associations in providing opportunities for members to advance knowledge, access information, and network with peers.
Temporary Employment Agencies
Strategic and Challenges Ahead
A presentation by Jeffrey Grabelsky on the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department's national campaign for temporary employment agencies that dispatch construction workers.
A Partnership of Skills...
New Strategies for Union Growth:
A presentation by John Lloyd, AEEU, UK, on a new culture of labor/management relations that is helping to rebuild the
British labor movement.
The Quiet Revolution: The Rise of Union
Learning Representatives
A publication by the Trades Union Congress, the national trade union center for England and Wales, which sets out the role and achievements of the first 2500 learning reps trained since 1998.
Individual Learning Accounts
(or Lifelong Learning Accounts)
Policy papers developed by the Council on Adult and Experiential Learning.
Testimony of Steven Kelman
Weatherhead professor of Public Management Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, on attracting and retaining a talented workforce for government, especially in the IT arena.
A Call For Justice
Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council,
November 8, 2001
Sir Ken Jackson
General Secretary, AEEU:
"Why I Support the War on Terror,"
November 1, 2001
Multi-emission Legislation on
SO2, NOx, Mercury and CO2
Unions for Jobs and the Environment (UJAE),
December 4, 2001
Noteworthy Archives
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