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Investing in our Most Critical Asset, the American Worker
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America requires a multifaceted talent development ecosystem that meets the needs of young adults entering the workforce for the first time, those poorly served by the education system, and mid-career adults in need of reskilling or retraining. Success in any of these endeavors requires close coordination and cooperation between program…
View EntryLooking Forward - An America First Workforce Agenda
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The spirit of the American worker is the very foundation of our Nation. When left to be free, creative, and industrious, there is no force more potent. From 2017 to 2019, the American workforce participated in one of the greatest and most robust labor markets in generations after experiencing one…
View EntryCenter for the American Worker - Center Overview
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WHERE IS AMERICA NOWThe Economic BoomFrom 2017 to early 2020, the United States experienced an economic boom. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent—the lowest in a half-century. Job gains and poverty reduction were the most inclusive in modern history, with almost 160 million Americans employed (FRED, 2021) and more…
View EntryTwo-Pager - The Case for Alignment of Education and Workforce Systems
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The path to restoring America’s greatness can be paved by strengthening the preparedness of our Nation’s workforce. America’s public and private sector leaders need to ensure that education and workforce policies are seamlessly aligned and oriented toward the benefit of American workers. Let’s look at the scale of issues in…
View EntryThe Case for Alignment of Education and Workforce Systems
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INTRODUCTION The path to restoring America’s greatness can be paved by strengthening the preparedness of our Nation’s workforce. To that end, America’s public and private sector leaders need to ensure that education and workforce policies are seamlessly aligned and oriented toward the benefit of American workers. In the wake of…
View EntryQuick Read: The Folly of Free Community College for All
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Calls for universal free community college have once again consumed the D.C. policy arena. The Biden Administration’s American Families Plan includes a $109 billion proposal for free community college for all that is likely to be included in the pending reconciliation package. The plan aspires to resolve workplace inequality and…
View EntryCenter for American Prosperity Overview
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The economic success of the Nation is driven by the individual will and genius of free men and women aspiring to achieve their dreams and further prosperity for themselves and their families. Our Nation declared its independence in part because of a system of commerce that did not put the…
View EntryBig Government Reconciliation Bill’s Labor Provisions Undermine Workers’ Freedom
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYCongressional leaders want to use the budget reconciliation process to enact sweeping changes in labor law. Reconciliation bills cannot be filibustered and can therefore pass on a party-line vote. Congressional rules limit reconciliation bills to measures that affect taxes or spending. Congressional leaders are trying to fit these labor…
View EntryOp-Ed: Reconciliation Bill Makes Small Businesses an Offer They Can’t Refuse
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COVID-19 and the lockdowns devastated small businesses. Now the reconciliation bill could increase their pain. The draft House bill contains little-noticed language that could cripple small businesses.Currently employers who commit unfair labor practices (ULPs) must make injured workers whole, but they do not pay punitive damages. The reconciliation bill fines…
View EntrySTATEMENT: CHAD WOLF ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S ATTACK ON U.S. BORDER PATROL
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Chad Wolf, AFPI’s Chairman of the Center for Homeland Security and Immigration, offered the following statement: “The U.S. Border Patrol is under attack from the Biden Administration. President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have abandoned and vilified Border Patrol agents on horseback in the Del Rio Sector to distract from their…
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