Workforce Development Articles and Publications Archive

2011:

Proposed Slash in Retraining Funds Decried

The Boston Globe

Giving the State the Skills to Compete

by Alan Macdonald and Bob Haynes

Boston Business Journal

Workforce Development At Risk

by Rosalie Lawless

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Don't Slash Workforce Training

by Ann Donner and Roger Herzog

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

2008-2010

The Magic Potion NY Times OpEd 3/29/10

Working, kind of, in a quiet State House Boston Globe 3/17/10

Sue Parsons of the Workforce Solutions Group on the Workforce Training Fund: YOUR OPINION: Legislature Shouldn't Mess with Success Patriot Ledger OpEd 3/16/10

Senate rejects extending funding for youth summer jobs program  Boston Globe 3/13/10

Listen to NPR On Point interview and caller Q&A Session with Andy Sum, CLMS, and Barry Bluestone, Northeastern University on Unemployment and Inequality (2/16/10)

Heather Boulger, Executive Director of the Berkshire County REB lays out Berkshire Youth Employment in the Berkshire Business News- 2/3/10

Juan Yepez, recently appointed as a Merrimack Valley WIB Board Member (1/26/10) and President of Mainstream Global in Lawrence, MA attended the State of the Union as Michelle Obama's special guest along with Luis, his brother and co-owner. Eagle Tribune

Struggling to find Work in Massachusetts

Listen to WBUR report and interview with Andy Sum, CLMS, and Mark Whitmore, North Shore Career Center

Americans Without Work NYTimes editorial 12/22/09

Even Worse for Teens NYTimes editorial

Better Help Wanted Globe editorial

The Teen Job Crisis OPED

The Continued Collapse of the Nation’s Teen Job Market and the Dismal
Outlook for the 2008 Summer Labor Market for Teens: Does Anybody Care? PDF

December 8, 2008, Even Worse for Teens NYT editorial

April 15, 2008, Better Help Wanted Globe editorial 

News Articles 2007

News Articles 2005