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Sen. Brown Announces Plan That Would Improve Workforce Development to Help Eastern Ohioans Train for High-Paying Jobs and Connect Local Businesses with Skilled Workers
STEUBENVILLE, OH - Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a plan that would improve the nation’s workforce development system to help Eastern Ohioans train for high-paying jobs and provide local businesses the skilled workers they need to compete. The Senate passed legislation last week that wo...…Read More
Posted on 7/2/2014 | -
At Zane State College, Brown Calls for Passage of Critical Workforce Development Legislation Aimed at Retraining Eastern Ohio Workers for High Paying Jobs
ZANESVILLE, OH - Today at Zane State College’s new Advanced Science and Technology Center, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on Congress to reauthorize critical job training legislation that would improve the nation’s workforce development system, help Eastern Ohioans train for high paying job...…Read More
Posted on 7/2/2014 | -
Brown Attends Groundbreaking Ceremony for New General Electric's U.S. Global Operations Center in Cincinnati
oday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new General Electric’s U.S. Global Operations Center located in Cincinnati. The facility is expected to create 1,400 new jobs by 2017, with additional jobs expected in subsequent years. “This pro...…Read More
Posted on 7/1/2014 | -
Senate Passes Workforce Investment Act Which Includes Provisions Modeled After Brown's Bipartisan Bill to Help Companies Address Skills Gap in Emerging Industries
Today, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill that contains provisions modeled after a bill U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced that would help dislocated workers acquire the skills for high-tech jobs in their region. Included in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that p...…Read More
Posted on 6/25/2014 | -
Investment needed to beat superbugs
An op-ed in The Hill last Tuesday called on our country to arm our healthcare system with new weapons to combat the unseen enemy of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The tragic story of Marine Lance Corporal Johnathan Gadsden losing his battle with an antibiotic-resistant infection emphasizes the thre...…Read More
Posted on 6/18/2014 | -
Sen. Brown Announces Inclusion of Sectors Act Provisions in Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) included provisions in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that are based on his bipartisan SECTORS bill. WIOA reauthorizes the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) ...…Read More
Posted on 5/22/2014 | -
Following Regional Meeting In Akron Of White House Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, Sen. Brown Renews Call For National Network Of Manufacturing Innovation
AKRON, OH - Following a regional meeting of the White House Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) renewed his call for Congress to pass two pieces of legislation he introduced that would establish a National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) and punish countries tha...…Read More
Posted on 4/2/2014 |