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 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

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