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Linking Infrastructure and Capital Investments with Jobs and Training

Linking Infrastructure and Capital Investments with Jobs and Training. Working Poor Families Project 2009 State Policy Academy June 10-11, Chicago. Session #3. Expanding Job Access. Overview. Increase demand for entry-level workers Focus of academy Job access policies Local hiring

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Linking Infrastructure and Capital Investments with Jobs and Training

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  1. Linking Infrastructure and Capital Investments with Jobs and Training Working Poor Families Project 2009 State Policy Academy June 10-11, Chicago

  2. Session #3 Expanding Job Access

  3. Overview • Increase demand for entry-level workers • Focus of academy • Job access policies • Local hiring • Apprenticeship utilization • Job Quality policies • Wage, benefits, worksite safety • Access to training • State approaches to implementation • Laws and Executive Orders • Project labor agreements & community benefits agreements • Contracting procedures • Enforcement/compliance with federal policies

  4. Presenters • Expanding Job Access Presentation • Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Partnership for Working Families • WPFP discussants • Karen White • New Jersey project labor agreement law—local hiring policy;½% set aside in school construction projects to fund pre-apprenticeship program for women and minorities • Dave Altstadt and Jim Horan • Hartford Jobs Funnel: state funding for training, and local hiring policy • Laura Dresser • Wisconsin E.O. on Apprenticeship Utilization Requirement

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