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Pictured: Ruby Robinson, Attorney at Michigan Immigrants Rights Center
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder: Creating Value by Investing in Your Workforce
Authors: Jody Heymann with Magda Barrera
Publication Date: May 12, 2010
Description: Most managers assume that surviving, especially in recessions, requires slashing wages, benefits, and other workforce expenses. And lowest-skilled workers are often viewed as the most expendable.
In Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder, Jody Heymann overturns these assumptions. Drawing from thousands of interviews with employees from front line to C-suite at companies around the world, Heymann shows how enterprises have profited more by improving working conditions.
She also demonstrates that lower-skilled employees - in call centers, repair services, product assembly - aren't expendable. They can determine 90 percent of companies' profitability. High performers positively shape customers' perceptions of businesses, driving satisfaction and loyalty.
To attract, train, and retain top-caliber people in these roles, you must enhance working conditions, creating a system in which your company and its employees profit together. Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder shows what works - from stock options for bakers to flexibility for factory workers to career tracks in call centers.
Author Bio: Jody Heymann is Founding Director of the McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy. She was Founding Director of the Project on Global Working Families and chair of the Initiative on Work, Family, and Democracy at Harvard University. She has conducted research in thirty-five countries; examining working conditions in 189 nations; and advised leaders in government, UN agencies, and the private sector.
Other works by Jody:
Raising the Global Floor
Equal Partners
The Widening Gap
Forgotten Families
Contact: publicity@hbr.org
Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper participated in the Regan National Defense Forum bipartisan annual event as a speaker in the A Defense Industrial & Innovation Base Workforce for the 21ST Century: Winning The Competition For Highly Skilled Workers Inside & Outside the Pentagon panel alongside California Congressman Ken Calvert, Ms. Marillyn Hewson, Chairman, President & CEO, Lockheed, and Florida Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy in Semi Valley, CA, Dec. 1, 2018. Mr. Mike Hammer from Fox News moderated the discussion. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Mejia)
A home is decorated in buri for the evening's home decorations contest, part of the Bulihan Festival in Sampaloc, Quezon Province, the Philippines. The contest grand prize was 15,000 Philippine pesos donated by the Buri Bag Project. (15,000 pesos is more than two months' earnings for most skilled workers in the Philippines.)
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Pictured: Bob Fowler, President of the Michigan Small Business Association
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
G. Krug and Son, now including daughters as well as sons, opened on Saratoga Street in 1810. One of Baltimore’s oldest businesses and the nation’s oldest continuously operating blacksmith’s shop, G. Krug has been an anchor on the West Side of Downtown for over over 200 years employing hundreds of skilled workers, serving as a retail destination for artistic wrought iron work, and reflecting the unique character of historic businesses on the West Side. G. Krug and Sons is one of the many reasons why the West Side matters to Baltimore.
Be colour bold this autumn (or fall if you prefer)
Clearly influenced by the ubiquitous high-visibility jacket beloved of law enforcement agencies and semi-skilled workers from the built environment the world over. we ask only one question: is yellow the new black? The subtle canary yellow tones matching his’n’hers look is complemented by copious amounts of white and beige will certainly turn heads this season, and er...shit and stuff
Cuban Cigar is model's own
No pensioners were harmed during this photo-shoot. Smoking cigars will kill you. Walking in front of on-coming traffic while the lights are green because you've just got into town from a country where they drive on the wrong side of the road (probably the US) will kill you.
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Pictured: Mark Gaffney, President Emeritus of the AFL
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Pictured: State Senator Judy Emmons (R-SD33)
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Central vocational school
6th district of Vienna, 87 Mollardgasse
Plans: State Trade School Director Rudolf Hammel
Construction: The students of Otto Wagner Mahler and Michler
Architecture: Nutzstil (use style)
Between 1909 and 1911: Construction of a school building on the grounds of the former slaughterhouse Gumpendorferstrasse
Dimensions: 128 meter long, 79 meter wide, six stories and a flat roof, covers an area of 9,300 square meters
In 1911/12: The "First Viennese industrial training school" started its operation
Damage in World War II
1951: Reconstruction and commissioning as a "First Central Vocational School of Vienna"
A modern training center
Today is the first Central vocational school building a modern training facility. Here are five schools (1 and 2 electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning technology, information technology, metal and glass technology) housed, where the much-needed skilled workers of the future will be taught. The young people are trained in four IT, in six electrical, in five plumbing as well as in eight metal and glass engineering professions. In addition, a watchmaker's workshop is in the house.
In addition, offers the first Central vocational school building: a City Library (with specialist reading, multimedia data sources and magazines as well as internet access), a communication center and offerings for further education (preparation module to the College of Electrical Engineering Training Center Mollardgasse for courses in the field of advanced electrical installation, control and building automation).
Italian Partisan Resistance safe house
Rome - Commemorative plaque for Guido Rattoppatore
Born in Lyon , the son of an emigrant, Guido Rattoppatore was orphaned at the age of two and his mother took him back to Italy. He only managed to attend elementary school then, after many small jobs, he was hired at the Atag workshops in Rome, where he became a skilled worker. He had a passion for cycling and to better cultivate it he had joined the Italian Velocyclopedistic Union . The young man thus participated in numerous amateur competitions, until he was called for military service. He did it on his bicycle, as he carries orders from the Air Ministry. Discharged, Patchworker returned to the Atag and began to have his first contacts with Roman anti-fascists. In 1936 the young worker was part of the clandestine cell of theItalian Communist Party active in the Campo de' Fiori area .
When the war broke out, the young man was recalled. Service in Gorizia, as an infantry corporal, and in Cisterna. On 8 September 1943, Patcher immediately joined a formation of the Roman GAP and soon became sector head and military manager of the fourth zone of the capital. In his memoirs, the Gappist Rosario Bentivegna called him "the soul of the anti-fascist resistance of the districts of Ponte, Regola and Parione" [1] . Patcher's activity consisted in organizing partisan squads, setting up arms and ammunition depots, collecting and transmitting news on the movements of the Nazi-fascists. He also collaborated with Gianfranco Mattei and Giorgio Labò on setting up the " santabarbara" of the GAPs of Rome, in via Giulia.
At the end of January 1944 he developed with a friend, Umberto Scattoni, a plan of attack on one of the Roman hideouts of the Nazi-fascists: the "Aquila d'oro" hotel. When the Gappists are near the target, they realize that the Germans, alerted by a spy, are waiting for them. There is no point in escaping through the alleys of the capital. The SS , after having captured Guido Rattoppatore, locked him up – on 28 January 1944 – in the dungeons of via Tasso . A month of torture (the day before the execution, the young gappista had all the fingers of his right hand cut off), and then the shooting (in retaliation for the killing, by a gappista, of a German soldier in Centocelle in Piazza dei Mirti at the), on the ramparts of Forte Bravetta on 7 March, together with nine other prisoners including the gappists Giorgio Labò and Vincenzo Gentile.
His last letter was published in the Letters of Death Sentenced to the Italian Resistance (September 8, 1943 - April 25, 1945) .
Old Station House, Arkwright Town 1992. By 1897 the Staveley company had purchased land for 229 houses in 7 rows for a mining community to serve the companies collieries nearby and its railway partners constructions in the locality. Mining communities had already been or were being constructed at Poolsbrook, Markham (officials and skilled workers) and Bonds Main by the company. In the end only 5 rows were completed with in total 160 houses. The rows were divided into 3 terraced blocks containing between 6 to 12 houses. Rows were each separated by open back yards containing earth middens and coal houses for each property with pairs of properties sharing a common ash pit. Service roads were constructed to separate the back yards with lighting provided by gas from the Chesterfield gas plant. Water was pumped into a tap in each kitchen by pumps sited on Deepsick Lane. A school was built in 1900 to educate some 422 children. (282 + 140 infants) the headmaster living in a house nearby . Shops were built and others were added later. The railway provided a station and along with this a public house the Station Hotel was built and leased to the Staveley and District Public House Trust Ltd. A Miners Welfare was built along with permission to build a Methodist Chapel. Allotments were created along with children's play areas to the side of the railway. In the 1930's the gas lighting was replaced by electric lighting supplied by the companies generators at Staveley Works and the old outside middens and ash pits were replaced with water closets and modern sewage pipes. In 1947 Arkwright Town was vested into the National Coal Board and as new landlords the Board undertook the restoration of the village and demolished the outside buildings after providing indoor bathrooms and toilets. The rows were each named and the street house numbers were altered to accommodate the demolition of 12 houses to improve access. Thirty years later in 1977 the NCB sold off the houses to the sitting tenants and the remainder to a private housing company. A new lease of life was given to the village in 1938 when the Staveley Company sank the Arkwright Colliery drifts into the Top Hard seam the village was needed for the Arkwright miners. On November 9th 1988 a state of emergency was called in the village. British Gas engineers were called investigating reports of a gas leak at one of the houses in Hardwick Street and after investigating the problem, reported that it was not a leak on their mains but one of methane escaping from underground workings. On further investigation it was found that further properties in Penrose Street and on Chesterfield Road were affected. Consequently 110 people from 56 homes were evacuated for a period of two weeks. As a result of this methane drainage and controlled burning of the methane from underground was undertaken and a plant was constructed to do this at the site of the old colliery. A second alarm was raised in the Autumn of 1989 when an exposed part of the coalfield ignited and a fire resulted burning for about four weeks, the fear was that the resulting fire would ignite the methane underground and destroy the village. It was initially proposed to excavate 5,000 tons of coal from the affected seam but this scheme was dropped in favour of a more radical scheme. British Coal denied any responsibility but in a move to calm the fears of locals decided to embark on an opencast venture to remove 3.2 million tons of coal from the uppermost seams of the middle coal measures thus venting the methane into the atmosphere and a reclamation of the colliery spoil heaps to recover a further 800,000 tons of coal. This would be at least a 10 year project of opencast mining and included the construction of a new village a few hundred yards away and then the demolition of the old village.
PCC's Biotechnology program has produced a number of skilled workers, including Annabel Bivans. By the time she was 19 years old, Bivans was wrapping up an associate degree at Pitt to begin a full-time job with Greenville's Mayne Pharma pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
Strategies to Identify and Manage Supply Chains
The United States offers access to strong networks of small and medium-sized suppliers. These companies constitute flexible supply chains that enable cross-fertilization of skilled workers, specialized assets, and R&D. Learn about opportunities for connecting with innovative U.S.suppliers, including access to resources, programs, and case studies.
Moderator:
- Dr. Chip White, Schneider National Chair in Transportation and Logistics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Speakers:
- The Honorable Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky
- Mr. Reginaldo Ecclissato, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Unilever North America
- Ms. Cindi Marsiglio, Vice President of U.S. Manufacturing, Walmart
- Mr. Michael McNamara, Chief Executive Officer, Flextronics
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Pictured: Chris Allen, Executive Director of the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
April 19, 2012 – A record-breaking number of skilled tradespersons have qualified as journeypersons this year, announced Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell today while touring Camosun College's carpentry program with the CEO of the Industry Training Authority Kevin Evans. Nearly 8,760 Certificates of Qualification have been awarded by the ITA for the 2011-12 year -- more than ever before, at a time when B.C.'s economy needs them the most. Photos courtesy of Allan Shook, Camosun College.
Portrait of a steelworker. Ezz Steel production site is located in Alexandria and employs more than 2000 skilled workers. It is the Middle East's leading producer of high quality long and flat steel for use in a wide range of end applications.
Country : Egypt
Date : 2008-04
Copyright : Marcel Crozet / ILO
Attending the EuroSkills Budapest Conference on 27 September 2018, EUROCHAMBRES President Christoph Leitl underlined the importance that education and training is in tune with the skills needs of the private sector.
As the economy evolves faster than ever due to technological breakthroughs, curricula content and the way it is delivered must prepare young people for emerging new opportunities and enable them to adapt to future needs that cannot yet be predicted.
The last edition of EUROCHAMBRES’ annual economic survey of over 50.000 businesses across Europe revealed a lack of skilled workers one of the greatest challenges. This is in line with a longer term trend, as the skills mismatch issue has been a problem for several years, in times of both high and low unemployment. “We have more graduates than ever in Europe and incredibly talented young people entering the labour force. But what good is this if they cannot find work and employers cannot find staff with the right skills? We must do better in ensuring that education prepares young people for current and emerging employment opportunities”, President Leitl said.
Euroskills plays an important role in addressing this persistent skills mismatch across Europe by showcasing the professional skills sought by many employers across a wide range of sectors. It is also based on a pan-European approach, which Chambers consider an important element in matching supply and demand. “Employers, policy-makers and educators must work together to ensure that vocational education is perceived by young people as a positive option that opens up excellent career opportunities and offers an international perspective. Euroskills is a fantastic way to do this”, President Leitl stated.
Professional training must be dynamic, not static
A World Economic Forum report this month set out how the labour market is set for radical changes as technological advances and artificial intelligence accelerate. President Leitl argued that this underlines the need for reforms: “The economy is evolving faster than ever, but unfortunately our education and training systems generally are not keeping up. Curricula must adapt based on feedback from the economy and so must the way in which curricula is taught. As well as acquiring technical skills, young people need transversal skills that will allow them to adapt throughout their career”.
EUROCHAMBRES calls in particular for the development of more effective vocational training and apprenticeship schemes in many member states, for the closer involvement of businesses in the design of curricula and for more dynamic and interoperable skills forecasting tools to be developed across Europe.
A large and enthusiastic crowd – made up of industry and community leaders, MSU Denver faculty, staff, students and alumni, legislators and other stakeholders – gathered on Oct. 8 for the groundbreaking of MSU Denver’s Aerospace and Engineering Sciences building. The $60 million facility promises to revolutionize aerospace and advanced manufacturing education with an innovative, cross-disciplinary curriculum that offers industry a direct pipeline of highly educated, skilled workers.
Photo by Sara Beets
A large and enthusiastic crowd – made up of industry and community leaders, MSU Denver faculty, staff, students and alumni, legislators and other stakeholders – gathered on Oct. 8 for the groundbreaking of MSU Denver’s Aerospace and Engineering Sciences building. The $60 million facility promises to revolutionize aerospace and advanced manufacturing education with an innovative, cross-disciplinary curriculum that offers industry a direct pipeline of highly educated, skilled workers.
Photos by Sara Hertwig
A large and enthusiastic crowd – made up of industry and community leaders, MSU Denver faculty, staff, students and alumni, legislators and other stakeholders – gathered on Oct. 8 for the groundbreaking of MSU Denver’s Aerospace and Engineering Sciences building. The $60 million facility promises to revolutionize aerospace and advanced manufacturing education with an innovative, cross-disciplinary curriculum that offers industry a direct pipeline of highly educated, skilled workers.
Photos by Sara Hertwig
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Melting metal. Ezz Steel plant is located in Alexandria and employs more than 2000 skilled workers. It is the Middle East's leading producer of high quality long and flat steel for use in a wide range of end applications.
Country : Egypt
Date : 2008-04
Copyright : Marcel Crozet / ILO
Pictured: Eva Garza Dewaelsche, Palmer Woods Neighborhood Association Representative and President of Service, Employment, and Redevelopment Metro-Detroit (SER Detroit)
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Portrait of a steelworker. Ezz Steel production site is located in Alexandria and employs more than 2000 skilled workers. It is the Middle East's leading producer of high quality long and flat steel for use in a wide range of end applications.
Country : Egypt
Date : 2008-04
Copyright : Marcel Crozet / ILO
Pictured: Robert Collier, CEO of Council of Michigan Foundations
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Pictured: Bing Goei, Director of the Michigan Office for New Americans
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
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Destruction and Reconstruction
In the battles of the Second World War, the parliament building was severely affected. About half of the building structure was destroyed.
Since November 1918, the parliament building was the seat of the Parliament of the First Republic of Austria. First met Provisional and Constituent National Assembly and later the National Council, Federal Council and the Federal Assembly in the meeting rooms, which had remained unchanged until its destruction in 1945.
Massive damage after two bomb hits
View to the ruined parliament building Stadiongasse corner Reichsratsstrasse. ©
On 7 February 1945 suffered the portico by a bomb hit severe damage. Two columns were completely destroyed and other architectural features heavily affected. Among other things, the edge ceiling structure with a richly gilded coffered ceiling and a magnificent frieze painting were severely damaged. During rebuilding the reconstruction was not happening in the originally by Hansen provided equipment.
Instead of Pavonazzo marble for the wall panel covering Salzburg marble was used. The frieze painting could for the time being not be restored. Only in the 1990s, it was finally possible to restore individual surviving parts.
In addition to destructions in the Chancellery Wing at Ring Road and in the portico especially the mansion tract was marked by the consequences of war.
Redesign of the meeting room of the National Council
Lateral view from the right in the direction of the Presidium, built by the architects Fellerer and Wörle, completed in 1956. ©
The meeting room of the mansion (meeting hall of the National Council) was completely burned out. The marble statues of Greek philosophers and writers and the rich decoration of the hall could not be restored.
Therefore it was decided to make the old mansion boardroom new. The hall should be factual, elegant and above all functional.
The architects Max Fellerer and Eugen Wörle were faced with the task to achieve in the impact of the room a continuation of the main work of Theophil Hansen.
By doing so it was important to put the changing needs of a modern Parliament into consideration.
In the reconstruction of 1945-1956 was attached great importance on the fact the of Hansen desired technical autonomy further to extend and to perfect. The Parliament therefore today disposes over an emergency generator and many other technical features intended to ensure that a continuous power supply and a high degree of independence is guaranteed.
Maintenance of parliamentary operations in times of crisis
For the Austrian parliament supply autonomy is important: even In the event of an extraordinary state of emergency the work of the Austrian People's representatives must go on smoothly.
For National Council and Federal Council, it is important that ever, especially in times of crisis, the material conditions are given for their work.
Therefore, there are, among others, emergency powers (UPS), and many other facilities necessary for the self-sufficiency that are supervised by staff of the Parliamentary Administration. To the number of staff therefore belong not only academics, stenographers, administrative officers, secretaries and officials of the room service, but also the with the maintenance of the building charged technicians and skilled workers.
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Roll 151 Ektachrome 100 - 12 Sign of GP9- Horseshoe Curve, Veterans Memorial Hwy, Coburn, Blair, PA. September 6, 1998. Decimal degrees: 40.497639, -78.484167 Good
“GP9 #7048 diesel-electric locomotive, momentarily off-duty, cools it wheels at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, engine terminal.”
“THE GP9“
“The Pennsy was continually setting first in new railroad technology, so it is surprising to learn that The Standard Railroad of the World lagged behind most other major lines in converting to diesel power. It seem that having helped build the Allegheny coal industry by both consuming and transporting its product, the Pennsy was reluctant to thumb its nose at its customers by running oil-fired locomotives through their backyards.
And, more than most railroads, the Pennsy was heavily invested in steam technology. Their state-of-art facilities in Altoona employed thousands of skilled workers, most of whom saw their jobs evaporating as diesels caught on. Worried employees manned picket lines to remind the railroad that what was good for the company might not be good for Altoona.
But the writing on the wall. While the typical steam locomotive’s maze of tubes, valves and bearings required shop care for 14 to 16 days of out of every month, the diesel-electrics ran 29 day out of 30. Diesels, essentially big trucks, could be operated by one man, or as we know now, one woman. Steam engines, despite automated stokers, still required an engineer at the controls and a fireman to watch the levels. Considered too, were all the costs of ash pits, inspection pits, water and coaling towers, and expensive turning facilities. (With wheels driven by electric motors, a diesel locomotive runs equally well in either direction.)
This GP9 #7048 stands as a symbol of the the revolution. It was part of an order placed with GM’s Electro-Motive Division in 1955, at the tail end of the Pennsy’s slow conversion from steam to diesel. This order, and this locomotive, helped bring down the curtain on the steam era and on the great dynasty of steam in Altoona.”
Under photo:
“Pennsylvania Railroad GP9 #7048 replaced the K4 steam locomotive as a trackside monument in 1985. After 29 years on this spot, K4 #1361 is being restored for display at the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona.”
A large and enthusiastic crowd – made up of industry and community leaders, MSU Denver faculty, staff, students and alumni, legislators and other stakeholders – gathered on Oct. 8 for the groundbreaking of MSU Denver’s Aerospace and Engineering Sciences building. The $60 million facility promises to revolutionize aerospace and advanced manufacturing education with an innovative, cross-disciplinary curriculum that offers industry a direct pipeline of highly educated, skilled workers.
Photo by Sara Beets
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
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Destruction and Reconstruction
In the battles of the Second World War, the parliament building was severely affected. About half of the building structure was destroyed.
Since November 1918, the parliament building was the seat of the Parliament of the First Republic of Austria. First met Provisional and Constituent National Assembly and later the National Council, Federal Council and the Federal Assembly in the meeting rooms, which had remained unchanged until its destruction in 1945.
Massive damage after two bomb hits
View to the ruined parliament building Stadiongasse corner Reichsratsstrasse. ©
On 7 February 1945 suffered the portico by a bomb hit severe damage. Two columns were completely destroyed and other architectural features heavily affected. Among other things, the edge ceiling structure with a richly gilded coffered ceiling and a magnificent frieze painting were severely damaged. During rebuilding the reconstruction was not happening in the originally by Hansen provided equipment.
Instead of Pavonazzo marble for the wall panel covering Salzburg marble was used. The frieze painting could for the time being not be restored. Only in the 1990s, it was finally possible to restore individual surviving parts.
In addition to destructions in the Chancellery Wing at Ring Road and in the portico especially the mansion tract was marked by the consequences of war.
Redesign of the meeting room of the National Council
Lateral view from the right in the direction of the Presidium, built by the architects Fellerer and Wörle, completed in 1956. ©
The meeting room of the mansion (meeting hall of the National Council) was completely burned out. The marble statues of Greek philosophers and writers and the rich decoration of the hall could not be restored.
Therefore it was decided to make the old mansion boardroom new. The hall should be factual, elegant and above all functional.
The architects Max Fellerer and Eugen Wörle were faced with the task to achieve in the impact of the room a continuation of the main work of Theophil Hansen.
By doing so it was important to put the changing needs of a modern Parliament into consideration.
In the reconstruction of 1945-1956 was attached great importance on the fact the of Hansen desired technical autonomy further to extend and to perfect. The Parliament therefore today disposes over an emergency generator and many other technical features intended to ensure that a continuous power supply and a high degree of independence is guaranteed.
Maintenance of parliamentary operations in times of crisis
For the Austrian parliament supply autonomy is important: even In the event of an extraordinary state of emergency the work of the Austrian People's representatives must go on smoothly.
For National Council and Federal Council, it is important that ever, especially in times of crisis, the material conditions are given for their work.
Therefore, there are, among others, emergency powers (UPS), and many other facilities necessary for the self-sufficiency that are supervised by staff of the Parliamentary Administration. To the number of staff therefore belong not only academics, stenographers, administrative officers, secretaries and officials of the room service, but also the with the maintenance of the building charged technicians and skilled workers.
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The wonderful Elvis Costello ~ Shipbuilding
www.nas.gov.uk/guides/shipbuilding.asp
National Archives of Scotland , info on shipbuilding on the Clyde
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By MARTYN McLAUGHLIN 28th January 2009
THEY were the hands that built Scotland's industrial reputation and waved off vast ocean-going liners and warships to faraway seas. Welders, engineers, riggers, pipe fitters, crane operators: skills that once formed the backbone of the Scottish workforce seemed to be redundant in the 21st century.
But when the economy is in crisis, and the financial services sector, upon which the nation has relied so heavily, is contracting, it is time to go back to the future.
In what the Scottish Government believes is a vital step to ensure the future of the country's historic shipbuilding industry, a campaign was launched yesterday to attract new generations to master the old ways.
The Scottish Enterprise drive will seek to encourage more than 1,000 new recruits to work on a multi-billion-pound Ministry of Defence contract.
Although they will be hired predominantly to build Royal Navy aircraft carriers, key figures in Scottish industry believe this will act a springboard, creating a workforce capable of serving the entire engineering sector for years to come.
It is an initiative that seeks not only to counter the current downturn but also, according to Jim Mather, the enterprise minister, to "broaden businesses" and "grow industries" during an unforgiving economic climate.
"Scotland will not simply sit back and wait for things to get better," he said.
The move will also, in part, reclaim the proud heritage of Scottish shipbuilding which has been a vital cog of industry, especially in Glasgow, since the 19th century.
More than 22,000 ships have been built on the banks of the Clyde in the past 200 years.
In the late 1800s, Scotland produced nearly a third of all ships built worldwide, while the year before the start of the First World War, a remarkable 756,976 tons of shipping were launched from Scottish yards.
That was more than the combined production of the United States and Germany.
Despite a long and painful decline that began in the middle of the 20th century, the sector is now performing respectably.
The latest available Scottish annual business statistics, while not taking into account the economic turmoil of the past 12 months, suggest Scottish shipbuilding has bucked a national trend of decline.
Between 2000 and 2006, its gross value added (GVA) – which measures the industry's contribution to the UK economy – rose by 17 per cent from £180 million to £210 million, while the overall UK shipbuilding GVA fell by 2 per cent, from £800 million to £790 million.
Indeed, in 2006, shipbuilding in Scotland accounted for 30 per cent of the industry's turnover and GVA in the UK as a whole, and it employed nearly a quarter of UK shipbuilding's entire workforce.
Today, Scotland's shipbuilders directly employ some 5,400 people. More than 125 companies are involved in the design, manufacture and support of complex warships and specialist ships, with sales worth about £530 million each year.
A report last year by the Fraser of Allander Institute at Strathclyde University revealed that the contribution of BAE Systems' Surface Fleet Solutions to the Scottish economy increased from £253 million in 2006 to £392 million 12 months later.
For every 100 people it employed on the Clyde, a further 68 jobs were supported in other industries.
So shipbuilding is already a sizeable industry, but it is hoped the three-year Scottish Enterprise campaign, backed by the leading ship manufacturers Babcock Marine and BVT Surface Fleet, will improve its standing further.
"The shipbuilding industry is a growing and vibrant business, which is welcome news in what is currently a climate of economic uncertainty," said Ian McMahon, the head of the aerospace, defence and marine team at Scottish Enterprise.
"However, we need to ensure that we retain the vital skills that make Scotland the leading centre for high-technology warship construction and repair, and it is through initiatives such as this campaign that we aim to do so.
"It is now that we must take steps to sustain our industry for the future."
He went on: "It's a great example of industry and government working together to secure and grow an important trade for Scotland – and to create a workforce able to serve the engineering industry in the long term.
"With the Future Aircraft Carrier project on the immediate horizon, and more ships in the pipeline, shipbuilding yards are gearing up for the future.
"There has never been a better time to launch a campaign to recruit and train engineers to meet the demands that this will bring."
The £525,000 marketing campaign – entitled "The Future is Ship-Shape" – aims both to boost the existing shipbuilding workforce and to replace older workers who are nearing retirement age.
It is targeted at school-leavers, adult apprentices, university graduates and skilled workers in other sectors.
The wide range of job opportunities available includes apprentice engineers, designers, welders, electricians, pipe fitters, riggers, crane operators, naval architects, project managers, accountants and administrators.
The campaign will take the form of radio advertisements and promotions, a new website and online social networking advertising. In addition, promotional packs will be sent out to some 32,000 pupils in Glasgow schools.
Mr Mather said the campaign represented a dynamic way of battling difficult economic conditions.
He said: "Scotland is a significant player in the shipbuilding and marine industry, and this campaign will drive the development of a new, skilled workforce capable of serving the future needs of the industry in Scotland.
"This is a key example of innovative marketing to broaden our businesses, grow our industries and, most importantly, create more jobs in Scotland."
John Howie, the managing director of the warships division at Babcock Marine, said: "We hope that the significant investment being made will encourage a greater understanding of all aspects of engineering, supporting organisations like Babcock, who wish to attract Scotland's brightest talent into what is already an exciting and innovative industry."
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Poetry
This is an interesting poem about what it was like to work in a Scottish shipyard. This is a useful source of information, as the writer is an expert on working conditions since he was employed in a Clydeside shipyard. The writer uses many of the words that the shipyard workers would have used when talking about their jobs.
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The Journeyman by Brian Whittingham
Wurkin piecework in the funnel shoap,
building quick
but no quick enuff,
cursin an liftin an swerrin
cause it takes too long
tae wait oan the crane-man who
is lookin efter his mate
who stands him a few dinner time bevies
at the Seven Seas public bar
an you know cause
that's wherr you get yir three pint chaser
fur yir ashet pie supper
that yi eat wi yir rusty fingers,
then yi fa oot wi the timekeeper
cause o the stupit time he pit oan the joab
an you kid oan the boey
who wiz daft enuff tae
let yi pit a brush handle
through the arms of his ovoies
an you play
spin the hammer
like it wiz yir prize six shooter
an you laugh when the boey tries it
an it nearly brekks his toes,
an yi go tao the burner
an patter him up
so he'll burn yir joab
an yi momentarily watch
his torch ignitin
and you watch
the gas yi couldnae see
exploding
like a bomb,
an the cloud of rusty dust
an bodies hidin behind
guillotines an
flangers an
scrap-buckets an
yi squint thru the haze
at the guy that's no therr
cause he's been blown down the passage
wi a hole in his side
that he didnae huv
before yi pattered hin up,
an yi stoat ower tae the first aider
who pits a dod o cotton-wool stuck oan
wi sellotape, ower yir eye,
an yi realise how lucky yi wur
an how lucky the burner wisnae
then again,
he could huv been the guy
that fell in the furnace,
the first-aider wisnae much use tae him
neither he wiz.
April 19, 2012 – A record-breaking number of skilled tradespersons have qualified as journeypersons this year, announced Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell today while touring Camosun College's carpentry program with the CEO of the Industry Training Authority Kevin Evans. Nearly 8,760 Certificates of Qualification have been awarded by the ITA for the 2011-12 year -- more than ever before, at a time when B.C.'s economy needs them the most. Photos courtesy of Allan Shook, Camosun College.
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Composed by: Simon Biesheuvel
Year: 1949
The General Adaptability Battery was a non-verbal assessment in which candidates had to complete multiple sorting and learning tasks (such as building a tripod). The aim of this assessment was to measure the non-verbal capacity of an individual and his/her ability to adapt to new tasks and learn new skills. This assessment was used extensively with unskilled and semi-skilled workers on the mines.
Canada's immigration policy is a multifaceted system designed to attract and integrate newcomers who can contribute to the nation's economic prosperity, reunite families, and offer protection to those in need. Historically, Canada has maintained ambitious immigration targets, recognizing the vital role immigrants play in offsetting an aging population and low birth rates, thereby bolstering the labor force and driving economic growth. The government sets annual immigration levels plans, which outline the number of permanent residents Canada aims to welcome across various categories. Recent policy discussions, however, indicate a shift towards "stabilizing" these levels and reducing the proportion of temporary residents to address concerns about strained public services and housing affordability.
A significant pillar of Canadian immigration is economic immigration, primarily managed through programs like Express Entry. This system invites skilled workers based on a points-based system that considers factors such as age, education, language proficiency (English and French), and work experience. Various streams exist under Express Entry, including the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class (for those with Canadian work experience), and Federal Skilled Trades Program. Additionally, the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) allows individual provinces and territories to nominate candidates who meet specific regional labor market needs, providing a tailored approach to economic immigration across the country.
Family reunification is another cornerstone of Canadian immigration policy, enabling Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor close family members to immigrate to Canada. This includes spouses, common-law partners, conjugal partners, and dependent children. While the Parents and Grandparents Program exists, it often has limited intake periods and stringent financial requirements due to high demand. The emphasis on family reunification underscores Canada's commitment to supporting the social well-being of its residents and fostering strong community ties.
Canada also maintains a robust refugee and asylum system, reflecting its international humanitarian obligations. This system has two main components: the Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, which resettles individuals identified as refugees from outside Canada, often in partnership with the UNHCR and private sponsors, and the In-Canada Asylum Program for those making refugee protection claims from within Canada. Recent proposed legislation aims to introduce stricter measures for asylum claims, including eligibility restrictions for those who have been in Canada for more than a year or who cross irregularly from the US, signaling a response to the increasing pressure on the asylum system.
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Lot-2066-2: New York (Brooklyn Navy Yard), New York City, New York. “The Men Behind the Fleet” Skilled workers at the Navy Yard, chosen after the most rigid tests of loyalty and ability, help the nation create the world’s greatest Navy. Office of War Information Photograph, circa 1941. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/04/14).
April 19, 2012 – A record-breaking number of skilled tradespersons have qualified as journeypersons this year, announced Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell today while touring Camosun College's carpentry program with the CEO of the Industry Training Authority Kevin Evans. Nearly 8,760 Certificates of Qualification have been awarded by the ITA for the 2011-12 year -- more than ever before, at a time when B.C.'s economy needs them the most. Photos courtesy of Allan Shook, Camosun College.
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home