| About The Great Transition Building workforce partnerships conference 2009 • MAY 27& 28 The current economic crisis presents a threshold moment for government, industry, and labor collaboration. This is the moment to reach back to lessons of the past and plan ahead for a sustainable future. This year, Building Workforce Partnerships explores the potential of a Great Transition – a federal policy convergence of economic stimulus, energy independence, and economic security. ›› What changes are in store for federal workforce programs, education systems, and worker supports? ›› How will investments in infrastructure, clean energy, and efficiency translate into enough good jobs and shared prosperity to restart the economy? ›› How will workers most in need of assistance get access to the necessary social and economic supports, retraining, and good jobs? Confirmed speakers include: Phil Angelides, Apollo Alliance • Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research • Barbara Byrd, Oregon AFL-CIO • Cindy Chavez, South Bay Labor Council • James K. Galbraith, University of Texas • Thomas Kochan, MIT • Thea Lee, AFL-CIO • Greg Leroy, Good Jobs First • Christine Owens, National Employment Law Project • Carl Pope, Sierra Club • Art Pulaski, California Labor Federation • Tim Rainey, Workforce and Economic Development Program • Jeff Rickert, AFL-CIO Center for Green Jobs workshop topics include: › Bringing the Green to our Youth › Green Building Skills Employment Training › Clean tech investment “capital strategies” › California’s Green Economic Stimulus › High Road green development case studies › Models of successful labor-management-government partnerships in transit and energy › Manufacturing revitalization opportunities under the stimulus plan › The Emerald Cities Project and weatherization money under the stimulus plan › Industry sector partnerships in health care, at the Ports and in hospitality › The UCLA Community Scholars program › Apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship money through the WIA stimulus allocations ...AND MORE! Sponsors: California Labor Federation’s Workforce and Economic Development Program, AFL-CIO • Working for America Institute and the Center for Green Jobs • Apollo Alliance • California Energy Commission • California Employment Development Department • California Labor Agency • California Workforce Investment Board • Ella Baker Center • Energy Foundation • Employment Training Panel • PolicyLink • South Bay Labor Council • UC Berkeley Labor Center • US Department of Labor • work2future registration: www.wed-works.org/events/BWP/register.html Registration fee is $295 and includes the 2-day-long conference, breakfast and lunches, and the conference reception. information: Ellen Baughman, ebaughman@calaborfed.org, 510-663-4087 | 
