News and Updates

TWC’s Virtual ATTAIN Meeting

Posted October 2023

On September 12, the Transit Workforce Center (TWC) held a virtual meeting of its American Transit Trainers and Apprenticeship Innovators Network (ATTAIN), focusing on rail and facilities maintenance occupations.

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ITLC Presents at the Missouri Public Transit Association’s Education Series

Posted October 2023

As part of the Missouri Public Transit Association’s (MPTA) Education Series, ITLC’s Senior Policy Analyst Karitsa Holdzkom and Senior Director for Workforce Education Pat Greenfield presented a webinar on “Succession Planning - A Frontline Worker Perspective.

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ITLC Staff Delivers Speech at the 52nd Annual Legislative Conference

Posted October 2023

ITLC’s Communications Manager David Stephen and Communications Associate Sudan Smith attended the 52nd Annual Legislative Conference presented by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) on September 20 in Washington D.C., where David had the opportunity to speak on a panel at the “Revving Up Change:

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ITLC Visits Philadelphia for USDOL Convening

Posted October 2023

As part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) “ETA Vision 2030,” ITLC’s Executive Director Jack Clark visited Philadelphia in mid-September to lead a panel on “Joint Labor and Management Partnership Solutions to Public Transit Workforce Needs,” highlighting joint labor-management strategies designed to recruit, hire, train, and retain front-line workers in transit.

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ITLC Travels to Alaska for the National Transportation in Indian Country Conference

Posted October 2023

From September 25-28 ITLC’s Communications Manager David Stephen, Research Associate Shayna Gleason, and Senior Workforce Development Advisor Maurice Beard traveled to Anchorage for the National Transportation in Indian Country Conference to learn about tribal transit and life in tribal communities in the “lower 48” and Alaska.

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