It’s Time to Put Workers at the Center of Workforce Development Policy
Article/Op-Ed in DC Journal
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Feb. 14, 2024
Mary Alice McCarthy co-authored an op-ed in the DC Journal with Alí R. Bustamante of the Roosevelt Institute and Maureen Conway of the Aspen Institute on why the workforce development bill passed by Congress in December does not do enough for American workers. They argue that we must do more to build a workforce development system that puts the needs of workers at the center:
As the action moves over to the Senate, it’s important to ask what the legislation can be expected to accomplish for working people. If the goal of the legislation is to help more unemployed and underemployed Americans get good, family-sustaining jobs, the House bill is a step in the wrong direction. Indeed, the legislation makes very few changes to a system that has consistently fallen short in connecting people to high-quality, stable jobs.
Read the full article here.