For immediate release: August 12, 2020
The Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is partnering with the Markle Foundation on the Rework America Alliance
The newly launched Rework America Alliance is made up of major companies, labor unions, public interest groups and educators throughout the country, including Google, IBM, Microsoft, McKinsey and Co., Walmart, the North American Building Trades Union, the National Urban League, UnidosUS, the NAACP, and Arizona State University, among others.
The Alliance will identify which quality jobs will be most in demand when the economy recovers from the pandemic. Using insights on shifting job market needs from employers, educators, trainers, and labor-market data providers, it will identify proven trajectories from low-wage jobs to new opportunities that don't require extensive education. This insight will inform training programs to prepare workers to fill and succeed in these in-demand jobs. The Alliance will also collect feedback on the changing needs within communities to best prepare workers for quality positions of the future.
"I'm excited that the Atlanta Fed and its Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity are joining the Rework America Alliance as a partner," said Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. "Together, we can create big structural solutions that can generate greater worker power.
"Reducing the inequities in the labor market, which have been exacerbated as a result of the pandemic crisis, will require new systemic ideas that can expand choices and opportunities for the many individuals who have been left behind," he added.
More information about the partnership can be found in the latest Workforce Currents article from the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity.