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Title: Making the Right Investments: Ensuring Workforce Development Programs Work for All Californians
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Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: If you stand on a bustling street corner or in the middle of a strawberry field, look up at a California skyscraper or march with allies to the halls of Sacramento, it is impossible to ignore a very simple fact: immigrants are the heart of our state’s economic and social fabric. For generations, California has been able to succeed because of the participation, dedication, and struggle of working class immigrants, refugees, and people of color. California has been the country’s leader in passing bold initiatives to protect immigrant communities.1 But as the world’s fifth largest economy grapples with growing economic inequality, we need to do more. A critical test of the state’s leadership will be the extent to which we invest in all workers, including immigrants, to participate and thrive in our economy. This discussion comes as California faces a crossroads. In many ways the economy is strong, with record low unemployment and significant budget reserves. Yet, wages have not recovered from the Great Recession.2 Meanwhile, employers have a record number of open jobs to be filled . . .
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Authors: Feldstein, Sasha
Publisher: California Immigrant Policy Center
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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