Can We Give America a Raise?: Pathways to Good Jobs. Joan Fitzgerald.
by Fitzgerald, Joan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 48Business. Publisher: American Prospect, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Career development | Community colleges | Labor supply -- Effect of education on | Manufacturing industries | Service industries workers | Technical education | Wages | ce Investment Act 1998DDC classification: 050 Summary: "The promising approach of career-ladder initiatives offsets the broader trends in the economy." (AMERICAN PROSPECT) The author claims that "career-ladder programs are already making a difference for hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers, and they could raise the horizons and hopes of millions more. However, given all the temptations of cheap wages and footloose work, it will take a major commitment of national policy for the high road to become the norm."Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Can We Give America a Raise?: Pathways to Good Jobs, Jan. 2004; pp. 57-59.
"The promising approach of career-ladder initiatives offsets the broader trends in the economy." (AMERICAN PROSPECT) The author claims that "career-ladder programs are already making a difference for hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers, and they could raise the horizons and hopes of millions more. However, given all the temptations of cheap wages and footloose work, it will take a major commitment of national policy for the high road to become the norm."
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