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Recent Events
Thanks to our Association for a productive 2010! Check back here soon for event updates from 2011.
Vanishing Work Among US Teens Center for Labor Market Studies
The Sad State of the Teen Job Market
BusinessWest Magazine
Past Events
Browse Events by Year
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Skills2Compete Massachusetts: Report & Recommendations Mayor Lantigua of Lawrence Pledges to Bring Jobs Back to City Patrick-Murray Administration Training Awards 2010 Massachusetts Jobs and Workforce Summit Summit Report, Presentations, & Links Workforce Boards Meet with Governor Patrick The "Green Industry" - WIBs Meet Local Green Employers |
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| 2009 | 2009 Op-Ed Pieces American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Update Crystal Eagle Award: Former Secretary Suzanne Bump The Film Industry in Massachusetts Governor Discusses Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Reauthorization William Tinti Elected to Replace John Lipa as Association Chair Snapshots: March Quarterly Meeting |
December Association Meeting The "Readiness Project" Report SkillWorks Launches Phase II Workforce Leadership & Innovation: Strategies to Close the Skills Act High Performing Workforce Boards: Making it Work in Your Region |
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The Life Sciences Engines: Economic & Workforce Development Governor Talks High Performing Workforce Boards & ABE/ESOL Reform Association Quarterly Meeting Snapshots: Quarterly Meeting Implementing a Change Agenda: Annual Meeting Examining Workforce Globalization: A Bristol-Myers Squibb Case Study Governor Deval Patrick Sworn into Office |
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"Even Skilled Workforce Needs More Skills," by John Lipa (Globe) Crystal Eagle Award: Senator Jack Hart Effective Strategies to Engage Youth in Workforce Systems The "White Paper" Recommendations Crystal Eagle Award: Senator Mark Montigny Snapshots: Quarterly Meeting DWD Hosts Workforce Summit 2006 10th Annual Association Meeting: Setting the Table for Change Crystal Eagle Award: Former Hampden REB Chair Peter Daboul |
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A Critical Time for the US Workforce System Crystal Eagle Award: Therese Murray |
US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz Joins
Association Holiday Meeting 2010
As one of our featured "Agents of Change," Carmen Ortiz, US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, spoke to the Association in Boston this past December.
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Report and Recommendations Released
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High Hopes Despite High Joblessness - Tackling Unemployment Issues in Lawrence
Andover Country Club, Andover, Merrimack Valley
Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua spoke to attendees of the Quarterly Association Meeting in Andover, MA on October 7, 2010.
"For everyone who is a part of our administration...we're very aggressive trying to bring business back to Lawrence, trying to do it without taking jobs away from neighboring communities." - Mayor Lantigua
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Patrick-Murray Administration Makes Significant Training Awards
Highlights
- $3.2 Million - Training in Healthcare Industry Jobs
- $2 Million - Funding for 11 Learn at Work Programs
- Funding for summer jobs a boost for 4,700 additional youth
(Click links to read the releases)
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Massachusetts Jobs and Workforce Summit
June 22, 2010
Publick House, Sturbridge, MA
This year, the Massachusetts Workforce Board Association's annual meeting was extended into an all-day workforce development event that presented Governor Deval Patrick as the Featured Speaker and was attended by over 300 business, labor, education, community, and workforce leaders.
Click here to browse the 2010 Summit Program
The Summit was co-sponsored by: Massachusetts Workforce Board Association, the Workforce Solutions Group, and SkillWorks.
Congressman John Tierney received the Association's Crystral Eagle Award
A snapshot of the engaged, early-morning crowd, interacting with a panel of business leaders
Association Chair Bill Tinti presents Governor Deval Patrick with the Crystal Eagle Award.
(all Summit photography © Randy H. Goodman)
(Click here to read the follow-up report and recommendations based on our speakers)
Dr. Gary Gottlieb - Partners Health Care
Dr. Andy Sum - Center for Labor Market Studies
Angelo Sabatalo - Nypro University
Steven Tamasi - Boston Centerless
Dr. John Sbrega - Bristol Community College
Harneen Chernow - 1199 Training and Upgrading Fund
Don Anderson - Workforce Central Career Center
Read the CLMS report presented by Dr. Andy Sum at the Summit here:
"An Assessment of Conditions in Massachusetts Labor Markets in 2009: Comparisons of the Numbers and Characteristics of Job Vacancies with the Pool of Unemployed and Underutilized Labor in the Commonwealth and Their Implications for Workforce Development Policy."
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