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Pages tagged "organizing for jobs"


Project IOWA Celebrates One Year of Success

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 24, 2013 11:36 PM

"Douglas Wells' path to a well-paying job with potential for advancement had a few bumps, but the 27-year-old credits perseverance and a publicly and privately funded training and mentoring program with helping him reach his goal.

Wells completed a welding course and has been working at the Bridgestone Firestone tire plant in Des Moines. For now he is driving a forklift, but he is sure there are opportunities for advancement. More important, this father of two young girls will be able to set an example....

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Project IOWA Gives Workers Stability and Dignity

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 08, 2013 5:53 PM

"Jalissa Daniels wrote dark poetry as an early adolescent...She became pregnant at 15, graduated from Scavo Alternative High School and worked at convenient stores and temp agencies. Even though these jobs helped pay the bills, they were not fulfilling...Finding full-time work with benefits was looking grim...

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Austin Interfaith Applauds National Instruments for Living Wage

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · March 08, 2013 11:44 AM

"National Instruments Corp. won approval Thursday for $1.7 million in city of Austin incentives to support the company's proposed expansion of 1,000 Austin jobs over the next 10 years....

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Inland Empire Sponsoring Committee Preps People for Jobs

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · June 23, 2012 10:12 AM
"Saturday morning, McClellan was one of 49 Inland Valley residents who participated in a jobs workshop organized by the Pomona Valley Cluster of the Inland Empire Sponsoring Committee, formerly known as One LA....

The workshop drew a diverse group of job seekers, among them recent high school graduates, people approaching retirement age, day laborers and out-of-work executives, said the Rev. Robert Linthicum, a retired minister who is a Sponsoring Committee leader.

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