Construction Careers for Workers and Communities How Community Workforce Agreements Can Serve HUD Section 3 Programs

Who We Are  15 local affiliates  Focused on building coalitions of community/labor/enviro/faith partners  Increase supply & accessibility of high quality jobs in urban areas  Local gov’t direct spending, subsidies to private sector dev’t  About 10 cities – working on construction industry agreements

Section 3 Challenges  Section 3 $ = construction jobs  Complicated Context of Construction Industry Employment –High road jobs = quality careers, challenging to access –Low road jobs = lower wage, temp/seasonal, easier to access  Low-Wage Work creates new obstacles to success  Apprenticeship opens door to quality career

Challenges of Accessing Certified Apprenticeship  Multiple actors = communication challenge  Need a functioning workforce pipeline  Legal conflicts: collective bargaining agmts, federal regulation, policy requirements  More apprenticeship slots necessary to get more low-income people into apprenticeship

Community Workforce Agreements  PLA = industry standard  CWA = PLA + targeted hire  Where: NY, Cleveland, San Francisco, Los Angeles  Other ways to make some headway, but PLAs are best model

PLAs + Targeted Hire  Always include: –Job quality elements –Def’n of targeted workers –% hours on total job (journey-level workers) –Mandate apprenticeship utilization –% of apprentices –Reporting, monitoring  Could include: –Named pre-apprenticeship, CBO –$ for training/outreach –Community advisory board to receive reports, problem solve

CWAs Streamline Hiring Process & Reduce Obstacles  Articulate outcomes and process for getting there  Create communication & relationships across the project  Establish hiring process & workforce pipeline  Negotiate comprehensive legal document that addresses collective bargaining  Increase # of apprenticeship slots

CWAs Get Results  Los Angeles –city infrastructure $375 m, 7500 jobs –CCD $2.2 bn, 15,000 jobs –USD $20 bn, 16,000 jobs –CRA policy passed in 2008  NY –6 PLAs w/MOU; $6 bn, 30,000 jobs –Existing pipeline: Malloy initiative  Port of Oakland –$1.2 bn; –31% work hours, 6.2% apprenticeship hours Others in Cleveland, San Francisco

Resources & Contact   Policy language, case studies, reports/outcomes  Construction career opportunities project: PWF, Building Trades Department, Cornell Univ. 