The current workforce system is dominated by employer interests and does little to help workers navigate a labor market where they have little power, few protections, and limited access to family sustaining jobs. Congress is currently considering a bill reauthorizing the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act—the main source of federal workforce investment—that, unfortunately, maintains the status quo.

CLASP’s Education, Labor, and Worker Justice team and its labor-focused partners have joined forces in a new coalition aimed at transforming the workforce development system into one that truly serves and advocates for workers. The Good Jobs Collaborative convenes workforce and labor policy experts, researchers, and worker advocates who are committed to crafting a new approach to workforce development—one that is squarely focused on workers.  

Please join us March 12 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT to launch the Good Jobs Collaborative. The event will take place at the New America headquarters (740 15th Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC, xxxxxx) and will feature a lively discussion with labor leaders, policy experts, and workers on what’s gone wrong with workforce development and how we can fix it. Lunch will be provided.  

Learn more about the full program here.