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Cost Reimbursement for Registered Transit Apprenticeships
Posted July 2021
Good training requires significant investment and can be hard to prioritize when budgets are tight and there are so many other competing concerns.
Read more...Women’s Bureau Announces Funding Availability of $1.5M in Grants to Better Inform Women About Labor Rights, Benefits
Posted July 2021
he U.S. Department of Labor announced a $1.5 million funding opportunity available to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to develop partnerships with community-based organizations and other non-profits to conduct outreach to women workers to help them understand and exercise their rights and benefits in the workplace. The fund will support up to six grants.
Read more...US Department of Labor Opens National Dialogue to Improve Economic and Caregiving Policies for Working Women After the COVID-19 Recession
Posted July 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a national online dialogue to gather ideas to improve labor outcomes for women, especially economically disadvantaged women. Women’s economic empowerment is central to realizing women’s rights and gender equality.
Read more...Note from Executive Director
Posted July 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Read more...Metro Transit Holds Graduation for Operator Apprentices
Posted June 2021
On June 22, 23, and 24, Metro Transit celebrated the achievements of its most recent class of graduating transit coach operator apprentices.
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