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Labor-Management Partnership Dialogue at Good Jobs, Great Cities Academy

Posted July 2023

On July 11, 2023, ITLC’s Senior Director for Workforce Education Pat Greenfield engaged in a plenary session dialogue on the power of labor-management partnerships as part of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the National League of Cities’ "Good Jobs, Great Cities Academy" convening in Washington D.C. The conversation with Amanda Ballantyne, Executive Director of the American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Technology Institute and the Executive Director of the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute, was introduced and framed by Working for America's Deputy Director Liz Weiss, highlighting partnership examples from transit and other sectors. Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden opened the inaugural convening, speaking to over 80 participants from 16 cities about the importance of their work in creating good jobs in their communities. Throughout 2023 and 2024, this program will help support those cities’ teams in developing innovative and scalable city-supported solutions that upskill and reskill workers into quality and high-demand jobs in infrastructure, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing jobs. The program is made possible by new federal investments that focus on supporting residents from historically underserved and underrepresented communities to address key shortcomings in their education and workforce ecosystem.