Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Senator Pushes Workforce Training Bill

Proposed grant program aimed at helping industry and educators work together to form targeted training programs

Addressing the skilled workforce shortage will require a collaborative environment stretching from business leaders to community colleges and labor groups that is focused on training workers for growing industries such as bioscience and alternative energy, said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, while speaking at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland April 13 about his recently introduced workforce-development legislation.

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