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Construction Careers for Workers and Communities. How Community Workforce Agreements Can Serve HUD Section 3 Programs. Who We Are. 15 local affiliates Focused on building coalitions of community/labor/enviro/faith partners Increase supply & accessibility of high quality jobs in urban areas
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Construction Careers for Workers and Communities How Community Workforce Agreements Can Serve HUD Section 3 Programs
Who We Are • 15 local affiliates • Focused on building coalitions of community/labor/enviro/faith partners • Increase supply & accessibility of high quality jobs in urban areas • Local gov’t direct spending, subsidies to private sector dev’t • About 10 cities – working on construction industry agreements
Section 3 Challenges • Section 3 $ = construction jobs • Complicated Context of Construction Industry Employment • High road jobs = quality careers, challenging to access • Low road jobs = lower wage, temp/seasonal, easier to access • Low-Wage Work creates new obstacles to success • Apprenticeship opens door to quality career
Challenges of Accessing Certified Apprenticeship • Multiple actors = communication challenge • Need a functioning workforce pipeline • Legal conflicts: collective bargaining agmts, federal regulation, policy requirements • More apprenticeship slots necessary to get more low-income people into apprenticeship
Community Workforce Agreements • PLA = industry standard • CWA = PLA + targeted hire • Where: NY, Cleveland, San Francisco, Los Angeles • Other ways to make some headway, but PLAs are best model
PLAs + Targeted Hire • Always include: • Job quality elements • Def’n of targeted workers • % hours on total job (journey-level workers) • Mandate apprenticeship utilization • % of apprentices • Reporting, monitoring • Could include: • Named pre-apprenticeship, CBO • $ for training/outreach • Community advisory board to receive reports, problem solve
CWAs Streamline Hiring Process & Reduce Obstacles • Articulate outcomes and process for getting there • Create communication & relationships across the project • Establish hiring process & workforce pipeline • Negotiate comprehensive legal document that addresses collective bargaining • Increase # of apprenticeship slots
CWAs Get Results • Los Angeles • city infrastructure $375 m, 7500 jobs • CCD $2.2 bn, 15,000 jobs • USD $20 bn, 16,000 jobs • CRA policy passed in 2008 • NY • 6 PLAs w/MOU; $6 bn, 30,000 jobs • Existing pipeline: Malloy initiative • Port of Oakland • $1.2 bn; • 31% work hours, 6.2% apprenticeship hours Others in Cleveland, San Francisco
Resources & Contact • www.communitybenefits.org • Policy language, case studies, reports/outcomes • Construction career opportunities project: PWF, Building Trades Department, Cornell Univ. • kmh@communitybenefits.org