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�AMERICA'S JOB F A X
1 he only way to get a real job with a growing income is to have real
skills and the ability to leam new ones. We must streamline today's
patchwork of training programs and make them a source of new skills for
people who lose their jobs. Re-employment, not unemployment, will be the
centerpiece of our economic renewal."
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President Clinton in Tuesday's State of the Union address
T h i s is the f i r s t in a series of regular Job Faxes from Secretary Reich -- to keep you
informed about developments concerning the President's workforce initiative.
T h e President's workforce initiative is designed to connect all Americans who want first
jobs, new jobs, and better jobs to state-of-the-art employment services and labor market
information. The key features of the proposal are:
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One-stop delivery - quality basic services are provided by a single streamlined
system, easily accessible to all;
Re-employment services - a full range of services - including early testing,
assessment, counseling, and career planning, along with information on training,
education, and where new jobs can be found ~ available to everyone;
Better information — a nationwide information network, to help workers make better
informed career and job choices and assist in their selection of proper training;
World class training - all dislocated workers will be eligible for effective long-term
training, regardless of the reason for their dislocation;
Customer focus - delivery of programs and services is designed to provide the widest
range of options possible; customer satisfaction is a prime measure of success.
C h a i r m a n B i l l F o r d has announced his intention to be the original House sponsor.
Extensive consultations have begun and are ongoing on the Hill and with relevant interest
groups, business and labor organizations, and representatives of State and local governments.
P u b l i c o p i n i o n polls show . . . "if Congress and the President could do only one thing
next year," number-one choice is " job training for the unemployed" (LA Times) . . . Majority
favor Federal government providing "more training for American workers to give them
competitive job skills" (Business Week).
U p c o m i n g events . . . "Building a National Re-employment System: What Is
Working" Conference - showcasing over twenty projects from across America that
demonstrate principles of successful re-employment programs ~ February 2 . . . This week
Secretary Reich addresses Center for National Policy, talks about what works with
Democratic Caucus, U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Governors Association
�AMERICA'S JOB FAX
"What
we are t r y i n g to do in our Administration with the leadership of the
Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education and many others is to establish a system of
lifelong learning, to recognize that people are going to change work seven or eight times in a
lifetime . . . And we are going to propose transforming the whole unemployment system
to make it a continuous re-employment system."
-- President Clinton at Wednesday's conference on "What is Working"
" Building a Re-employment System: What Is Working Across America"
-- a day-long conference sponsored by the Department of Labor in Washington - featured a
diverse mix of "customers" and directors of job training programs. The conference
highlighted the challenges unemployed and dislocated workers face navigating the current
patchwork of employment and training programs. It also identified the critical common
elements of those programs that work.
P r e s i d e n t C l i n t o n facilitated the third and final panel of the day, "Voices for Change"which spotlighted real "success story" pairticipants and their programs. One common thread
was how hard it had been to get good information on available services - and, as one
participant noted, when you're unemployed and discouraged, "the last thing you need is to go
from pillar to post." The President agreed, emphasizing the need to "consolidate the programs
in law - and let them diversify, in fact" - pointing out that, instead, "we have diversified the
programs in law so that they can't have any impact out there in the country."
Th e President announced his intention to have the proposed Re-employment Act of
1994, the Administration's workforce security initiative, introduced by the end of the month,
stating: "In a time in which we have to cut domestic spending, we have to find more money
to spend on this."
S e n a t o r Kennedy's keynote address to the conference also emphasized the need for "a
unitary program that addresses the needs of all dislocated workers, regardless of the reason for
the dislocation." "As President Clinton and Secretary Reich have said, we need to move from
an unemployment system — whose primary purpose is to provide income support for workers
temporarily out of a job - to a re-employment system which identifies those workers who
aren't going to get their old jobs back and gives them the training and support they need to
find new and better jobs."
Recent & upcoming events. . . Secretary Reich addressed the National Association of
Manufacturers Board of Directors Thursday. . . and spoke with the National Association of
Independent Colleges and Universities . . . Next week the Secretary meets with the presidents
of community colleges . . . and attends Senator Metzenbaum's conference on the contingent
workforce . . .
U.S. Department of Labor, February 4, 1994
�JOBF,
LMERICA'S J O B F A X
" F i r s t and foremost, the goal of our economic strategy is to provide more and better
paying jobs for our people -- both today and in the future -- and to educate and train them so
that they are prepared to do those jobs."
-- The Budget Message of President Clinton, February 7, 1994
1 he FY 1995 Budget which President Clinton submitted to the Congress last Monday
calls for an increased investment of $3.3 billion in education and training -- an overall
increase of 24 percent over last year. That means an increased investment in the American
workforce -- from $5.5 billion to $6.5 billion - and an increase of 21 percent for education.
X h e Senate's passage last week of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act and the Goals
2000: Educate America Act brings America's young people a giant step closer to economic
security. Both pieces of legislation will go back through conference for resolution of
relatively minor differences.
Consultations on the proposed Reemployment Act of 1994 will soon wind down, with
introduction expected in early March.
Recent & upcoming events . . . This week. Secretary Reich visits the Chicago
Manufacturing Institute - which teaches hi-tech plastic injection molding and automatic coil
operation and places 80 percent of its participants - and does not even begin a training
program unless 10-20 businesses have signed up to hire trainees. He then heads to
California, where he'll visit Touche Manufacturing in San Jose, which builds computer shells
for high-tech companies and hires as many workers as it can get from the Center for
Employment Training - also in San Jose -- which provides an intensive training course that
integrates basic education and hands-on skills training. In San Francisco, Secretary Reich
will address the Education Summit sponsored by California State Assembly Speaker Willie
Brown. Next week, the Secretary is scheduled to testify on FY 1995 budget to House and
Senate . . . visits Bal Harbour for annual meeting of AFL-CIO . . .
U.S. Department of Ubor, February 16, 1994
�AMERICA'S JOB F A X
"The Reemployment Act of 1994 will create a new comprehensive reemployment system that will
enhance service, improve access, and assist Americans in finding good new jobs."
-- President Clinton, Transmittal Message, March 14, 1994
A poll released by the Times M i r r o r on April 6 reveals the public's deep concern about job
insecurity and unemployment. Improving the jobs situation was the number one response (26%) to the
question, "Which problem should President Clinton give the highest priority to?" -- ahead of crime
(23%) and the budget deficit (20%).
J o b s and unemployment was the only issue that registered in the poll as a problem on national,
community, and personal levels for those surveyed. As many as four in ten Americans at each income
level worried that they might lose a job or have to take a pay cut -- with seven in ten or more
concerned about their children's job opportunities.
More job
training was the most popular solution to the jobs problem (61% of those polled),
along with education (51%). Training and jobs programs were also seen as key to solving other
important problems, such as crime.
Other
polls echo the Times M i r r o r results . . . according to a recent poll published in the
New York Times, 45% of all currently employed workers in the Northeast (39% overall) "worry" that
during the next two years they might be laid off, have to work reduced hours, or be forced to take a
pay cut.
Also in the
news . . . the auto industry is hiring -- and they're looking for highly-skilled entrylevel workers, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. About a third of recent productionline hires at Ford, for example, have some education beyond high school. Elsewhere in Detroit - a
city plagued by staggering levels of long-term joblessness -- nearly a thousand precision-machining
graduates of the Machinist Training Institute (MTI) have found jobs with area businesses.
U p c o m i n g events . . . Secretary Reich delivers the keynote address to the American Association
of Community Colleges convention. Hearings on the President's Reemployment legislation continue
after the congressional recess . . .
U.S. Department of Labor, April 6, 1994
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LMERICA'S J O B F, X
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P r e s i d e n t C l i n t o n recently proposed a revamping of the [unemployment and job training]
process, one that would focus on getting people out of declining fields and into industries that do have
a future. The U.S. economy is still strong, but it is changing its shape, and workers will have to
change, too. Many can't do that without help . . . America's long-term economic success depends on
keeping people on the job, not on the dole. And if the jobs aren't going to be at Lockheed or
Northrop, or Boeing, or wherever, then we've got to find a way to get good, skilled employees from
those firms into the industries where there is work to be done."
Editorial, The Atlanta Journal (March 31, 1994)
Job cutbacks increased 29% from February to March, according to the Challenger Employment
Report - pushing the total jobs lost in the first quarter to 192,572. This is 11% more than last year's
first quarter total (170,615). One explanation is the increase in mergers, resulting in lost jobs. The
aerospace, computer, and communications industries accounted for 48% of the cutbacks announced in
March (the same industries accounted for 40% of cutbacks a year ago).
U.S.
companies that since January 1993 have announced plans to eliminate 10,000 or more
jobs include: General Motors (69,5000), Sears, Roebuck (50,000), I.B.M. (38,500), A.T.&T. (33,525),
Boeing (31,000), GTE (27,975), Nynex (22,000), Phillip Morris (14,000), Procter & Gamble (13,000),
Woolworth (13,000), Martin Marietta (12,060), Eastman Kodak (12,000), Xerox (11,200), McDonnell
Douglas (10, 966), Raytheon (10,624), and Pacific Telesis (10,000), according to the New York Times
(March 22, 1994).
What's
behind a l l this is a change in the global economy. Faster technological evolution
coupled with shorter product cycles. Goods and services are either specialized and knowledgeintensive, or become commodities. The bottom line: a shift in labor demand against less educated
workers and those doing routine tasks and toward workers with problem-solving skills.
The President's Reemployment A c t of 1994 (REA) will turn our unemployment system into
a reemployment system. The REA will supply workers and businesses with up-to-date data about
where the jobs are and what skills they require. It will provide workers information on where to find
the education they need to find the right job, and will also help businesses to identify workers with the
skills that fit their needs.
O u r a b i l i t y to compete and win depends on our ability to work together - business and
government - to invest in people. The Reemployment Act is a cornerstone of that partnership.
R e c e n t and u p c o m i n g events . . . This week. Secretary Reich speaks to the Urban Institute
and to the National Center on Education and the Economy . . . Monday, he participates in an
"electronic town meeting" with the nation's community colleges.
U.S. Department of Labor, April 14, 1994
�AMERICA S JOB FAX
"Xhis year we're going to try to change the unemployment system into a
reemployment system . . . It will cut the period of unemployment; it will increase the national
income; and it will certainly honor the values of the American middle class."
-- President Clinton, American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 13, 1994
Getting America Back to Work -- a Satellite Town Meeting on Reemployment -- was
broadcast live last night to more than 15,000 viewers nationwide.
. Vtoderated by Secretary Reich, the panel discussion featured William H. Kolberg, President
and CEO of the National Alliance of Business, David Pierce, president of the American Association
of Community Colleges, and Bert C. Roberts, Jr., chairman and CEO of MCI Communications Corp.
Business leaders, elected officials, educators, and labor representatives from over 400
communities participated in the interactive segment of the discussion, which highlighted the changing
nature and focus of America's employment and training system.
The formation of the Council for Reemployment -- a coalition of businesses pushing for
passage of the Reemployment Act - was announced during the broadcast by Kolberg. Business
members will include: MCI, IBM, Xerox, General Electric, Allied Signal, Siemens Corp, Motorola,
Harman International, AT&T, K-Tron International, Ceridian Corp, Circuit City Stores, and Anderson
Consulting.
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T h e Business Roundtable, National Alliance of Business, National Association of Private Industry
Councils, National Small Business United, and The New England Council are among the business
groups supporting the general principles of the Reemployment Act of 1994.
National Small Business United "is particularly excited about the prospect of a strong worker
retraining system, since worker training is a major problem for small businesses," states NSBU
President Ron Cohen. "A more highly skilled workforce will greatly help the small business
community to continue leading our nation's economic growth."
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T h i s week. Secretary Reich meets with the Congressional Sunbelt Caucus and the
Congressional Black Caucus; speaks to members of the Building and Construction Trades .
U.S. Department of Labor, April 19, 1994
�AMERICA'S JOB FAX
"We
re moving forward with a lifelong learning agenda in Congress, [which] is preparing to
pass bills establishing world-class educational standards, promoting grassroots reform, helping to
facilitate the movement of people who go from high school into the workplace and who don't go on
to college. Learning must never stop."
—President Clinton, G-7 Jobs Conference
Th e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' s employment strategy focuses on lifelong learning - it's the best
way to build a high-skilled, competitive workforce. Recent developments include:
The President's Reemployment Act of 1994 recently gained six new sponsors in the
House - Howard Berman, Don Edwards, Norman Mineta, Ronald Dellums, Anna Eschoo,
and Dan Hamburg -- for a total of 70 co-sponsors in both houses. The Reemployment Act of
1994 will give dislocated workers increased access to education and training opportunities
~ including long-term training and income support during training.
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The School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 is now on its way to the President's desk,
having passed the Senate last night and the House on April 20. The Act will fund state and
local training programs for high-school students who do not plan to attend four-year colleges.
The legislation creates partnerships of employers, educators and others to build a school-towork system that prepares young people for work.
The Goals 2000: Educate America Act was signed into law on March 31. The Act paves
the way for a system of national, voluntary skill standards - to provide the framework
needed to ensure that workers have the portable skills required by today's fast-changing,
global economy. "Skill standards are the cornerstone of this Administration's commitment to
global economic competitiveness," Secretary Reich said on the passage of the Goals 2000 Act.
"This landmark legislation will enable businesses to join hands with educators, labor and
community leaders in the creation of a world-class workforce."
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D o you have questions or comments about the President's Reemployment Act of 1994 or
America's Job Fax? Do you know anyone who should be receiving the Job Fax but isn't? What
other kinds of information would you like to see included in the Job Fax? Please fax your comments
to America's Job Fax at (202) 219-6523.
U.S. Department of Labor, April 22, 1994
�AMERICA S JOB FAX
Xhe Reemployment Act of 1994 "will demand accountability. We cannot afford to
waste the taxpayers' time or money or the workers' time and the benefits that run by all too quickly,
on . . . government programs long on red tape and short on results. We have to empower laid-off
workers to choose their training from among private and public providers who will compete for their
business and require that providers offer them consumer reports so that they'll be able to make
informed choices - how many people got what kind of jobs at what kind of pay? That, after all, is
the ultimate test."
- President Clinton, announcing the Reemployment Act, March 9, 1994
Seventy percent o f the American public favors evaluating government agencies by the
results they produce ~ not the programs they initiate or the money they spend, according to a recent
survey by the Americans Talk Issues Foundation (Washington Post, April 20, 1994).
T h e Reemployment A c t (REA) builds in accountability the American people want - by
measuring program results - not their process. With the REA:
Customers get "consumer reports," with information on graduation and placement rates and
hourly wages, so job seekers can make well-informed education and training choices.
Training programs are market-driven -- so training dollars prepare people for real jobs.
All six programs for dislocated workers are consolidated into a single program, with a single
eligibility standard -- with further streamlining and consolidating where possible, so workers
don't have to spend any extra time or effort navigating bureaucratic mazes.
Programs focus on the customer - with customized service, quality information, meaningful
customer choice.
A governance structure makes career centers and one-stop centers accountable to workers,
employers, and the local community for quality service and outcomes.
T h i s is Jobs Week on N B C - all news shows will include employment-related segments.
Employers are urged to send jobs information to America's Job Bank, which is a computerized
national employment referral system that matches jobseekers with employers looking to fill job
vacancies.
U.S. Department of Labor, April 26, 1994
�AMERICA'S JOB FAX
"W
e are living in a world where what you earn is a function of what you can leam."
--President Clinton, January 25, 1994
The School to Work Opportunities Act of 1994 is scheduled to be signed on
Wednesday, May 4, at the White House. The bill signing event on the South Lawn will showcase
current School to Work students from around the country and celebrate the School to Work
Opportunities movement. As Secretary Reich has said, "A School to Work transition system is
critical to improving the economic opportunities of our young people and will help us all on the road
to better jobs and greater economic security."
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Education will continue to be a key to good jobs into the next century, according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. Between now and the year 2005, the fastest-growing job categories are projected
to be "professional specialties," such as engineers, architects, lawyers, judges, teachers, and doctors
(37%) and "technicians and related support," such as dental hygenists, drafters, computer
programmers, and paralegals (32%). Technician jobs generally require under two years of postsecondary education or training. Source: Monthly Labor Review, November 1993.
Occupations with the highest percentage of growth between now and then are estimated to be
home health aides (138% increase), human services (136%), personal and home care aides (130%),
computer engineers/scientists (112%), systems analysts (110%) physical and corrective therapy
assistants (93%), paralegals (86%), special education teachers (74%) and medical assistants (77%).
Source: USA Today, April 28, 1994.
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T h e President's Reemployment Act is the key to finding workers who can fill those jobs.
Under the REA, workers who lose their jobs regardless of reason will be eligble for retraining in
fields with high job growth. The REA recently gained three new sponsors in the House - John
Olver, Sam Farr, and Frank McCloskey - as well as Patty Murray in the Senate.
U.S. Department of Labor, April 29, 1994
�AMERICA'S JOB FAX
" T h e labor market information component of the Reemployment Act of 1994 will . . . show
the way to new jobs, through expanding access to good data on where jobs are and what skills they
require."
-President Clinton, Transmittal message
One promising new reemployment tool is the LASER, a survey developed by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. LASER is designed to help job-seekers pinpoint job opportunities at a more detailed
level than ever before. LASER attempts to move workers away from thinking of themselves in
occupation-specific terms, by focusing on the skills they have. In pilot tests, LASER helped jobseekers identify new industries for employment that they had not previously known about.
G o o d labor market information, coupled with market-driven training, are key to the success of
Project Focus:HOPE in Detroit, which has so far placed 100% of its precision machining graduates.
Focus:HOPE pinpointed a dearth of machinists in the area and then set up a machinery skills training
program to tap into the demand.
H igh-quality, easily-accessible labor market information is a critical component of the
President's Reemployment initiative, which just gained four new sponsors in the House -- Anthony
Beilenson, Martin Frost, John LaFalce and Gary Ackerman.
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The legislation establishes a National Labor Market Information System, which will build on
and strengthen existing Federal, State, and local systems.
This user-friendly computer system will provide easily-accessed information on job openings,
job candidates, occupational trends, wage rates, and skill requirements.
"Consumer reports" will provide data on the performance of training program managers and
service providers -- so customers can make informed training and career choices -- and
effective training programs can show their results.
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Upcoming . . . Tuesday, Secretary Reich visits Jay Leno on the Tonight Show . . . Wednesday,
President Clinton signs the School to Work Opportunities Act on a desk designed and built by
School to Work students . . . Also on Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of Jobs Corps is celebrated at a
dinner the invitation list includes President Clinton, Secretary Reich, and Marian Wright Edelman
of the Children's Legal Defense Fund. Job Corps has been widely recognized as a program that works
in helping prepare severely disadvantaged youth for jobs.
U.S. Department of Labor, May 3, 1994
�AMERICA'S JOB FAX
" T h e unemployment system was designed for an era when workers often had the same job
from high school to retirement. Now, the average worker will change jobs seven times in a lifetime.
And in a workplace where ROMs and RAMs and robotics are the rage, there will never be a time
when workers don't need to leam new skills. The Reemployment Act will . . . ensure that every
worker is trained, and retrained, and retrained. It consolidates the spaghetti tangle of federal
programs, and will open one-stop shopping so that a worker can walk in off the street and get what
he or she needs. I look forward to returning here to sign that legislation before the year is out."
-President Clinton, signing the School to Work Opportunities Act, May 4, 1994
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A t a rally on jobs and the economy in Atlanta Tuesday, President Clinton pointed out that in
the first 14 months of the administration, two and a half million jobs were created. In the last year,
Georgia has produced 150,000 new jobs, he said, making it the fastest-growing economy east of the
Mississippi River.
T h e President also emphasized that many challenges remain, despite the positive job growth
figures. "This year, we have got to adopt new systems of educating and training our people so they
can compete in the global economy," he said, underscoring the need for the Reemployment Act of
1994 - which just gained four sponsors in the House - Pete Stark, William Lipinski, Thomas
Manton, and Alcee Hastings.
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President Clinton signed the School to Work Opportunities Act Wednesday on a
fiberglass and aluminum desk designed and built by School to Work students at the Manufacturing
Project in Flint, Michigan. Honored at the White House ceremony were 60 students in School to
Work programs across the country, in addition to businesspeople, educators, labor leaders, community
activists and public servants, who have been instrumental in developing the School to Work
movement and who will need to work in partnership to implement the new legislation.
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Upcoming hearings on the Reemployment Act of 1994 . . . Secretary Reich is scheduled
to testify before the Senate Finance Committee on May 26 . . . Key stakeholders testify before the
Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee on May 12, before the House. Education and Labor
Committee's labor-management relations subcommittee on May 25, and before the House Education
and Labor Committee's postsecondary education and training subcommittee on June 8.
U.S. Department of Labor, May 6, 1994
�America's Job Kax
o A recent DOL publication - - Reemployment Services: A Review of Their
Effectiveness extensively reviews the available evidence on our nations' reemployment
services. Its findings include:
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Job Search Assistance Works: In States which provided unemployed workers job
search assistance, such as job clubs and resume writing workshops, those workers
found new jobs at better pay faster than workers in States which did not provide
these Services.
(National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper #4197, 1992)
o Fact # 1 about the Reemployment Act (REA): Basic reemployment services such as
job clubs and resume writing workshops are a key component of the REA.
o Fact # 2 about the REA: The REA will build a nationwide data bank that links job's
and job training programs to all unemployed workers.
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Programs that encourage the unemployed to become self employed more than
double the number of unemployed who start their own business. (Abt Associates,
Bethesda. Md., Nov, 93)
o Fact # 3 about the REA: The REA encourages States to provide self employment
allowances and entrepreneurial training as an alternative to unemployment payments
for clients who wish to become self employed.
Reemployment bonuses save the government money and get people back to work
f a s t e r . (UI Occasional Paper 92-7, US DOL, 1992)
o Fact # 4 about the REA: Bonuses for getting people back to work faster -- like those
offered under the REA - significantly reduce the amount of time spent drawing
unemployment benefits.
o If you would like more information about these and other important findings described
in Reemployment Services: A Review of Their Effectiveness, you may contact the US
DOL, Department of Public Affairs at (202)-219-8211.
OTHER NEWS ABOUT THE REEMPLOYMENT ACT
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The latest Congressional co-sponsor for the REA is Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton. There were a total of eight cosponsors who sigjied on to support
the Act last week.
U.S. Department of Labor. May 9. 1994
�AMERICA'S JOB FAX
H e a r i n g s on the Reemployment Act of 1994 continued yesterday before the Senate Labor and Human
Resources Committee, with representatives of business, state and local government, and employment and
training organizations testifying. Highlights include:
' F o r those who are forced to make career changes, and for employers who have career needs, this bill
will establish a much needed comprehensive system for reemployment services . . . The focus will be on the
requirements of employers and the skills needed to maintain a competitive workforce for our nation. The
increased involvement of employers and the provision for a national workforce information system will
assure this." John H. Zimmerman, Senior Vice President, MCI Communications, which employs 40,000.
Siemens believes that both the programmatic features of the Reemployment Act and the proposed
funding to support it are a good investment. This is an investment that will leverage, over time, substantial
reductions of government costs and, as importantly, leverage increased tax revenues and social well being
. . . Siemens is pleased to go on record as supporting the Reemployment Act of 1994." Albert Hoser,
President and CEO, Siemens Corporation, whose U.S. operations employ 45,000.
1 he Governors . . . strongly support the [Reemployment Act's] efforts to consolidate existing
dislocated worker programs, increase state flexibility by creating new waiver authority, give capacitybuilding grants to states that are creating integrated workforce development systems, and provide federal
support to build national, state, and local labor market information systems." John F. Hudacs, testifying on
behalf of New York State and the National Governors' Association.
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d i m p l y put, we must build a system that breaks down the barriers among education, job training,
welfare, and other government agencies. And we must do so in a way which makes the private sector an
active participant . . . [T]he Reemployment Act makes a positive first step in advancing a workforce
preparedness agenda that will provide tangible benefits to both workers and employers." Gerald Brown,
testifying on behalf of the National Association of Private Industry Councils.
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N e w cosponsors of the Reemployment Act include Representatives Mike Synar, Edolphus Towns, Ben
Cardin, Robert Andrews, Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Carrie Meek and Jane Harman, for a total of 73 in the
House.
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R e c e n t & upcoming . . . Hearings on the Reemployment Act of 1994 continue Wednesday, May 25
before the House Education and Labor Committee and Thursday, May 26 before the Senate Finance
Committee. Congress is also scheduling hearings in the field for the Memorial Day recess.
U.S. Department of Labor, May 13, 1994
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1 he Reemployment Act will make sure that "workers will have the v/idest possible range of choic es
for traming and employment. . . We want to first reach out to workers as soon as possible after they lese
their jobs . . . And then we want to offer them an array of choices that will help them fmd the opportunities
and the traming they need, from a computer-based network with information on job openings throughout
the: country to counseling on job searches, on-the-job traming, long-term training for new skills, and traning
for people who want to start their own businesses. "
-President Clinton, announcing the Reemployment Act of 1994
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M o t o r o l a cannot f m d enough skilled workers to hire for its Illinois plants, according to Sunday's
Washington Post. Like other U.S. manufacturers, Motorola needs workers who can adapt to constantlychanging technology. After interviewing nearly 40,000 applicants, Motorola estimates it still has 1000
vacancies for the S10-to-$15-an-hour jobs at its Chicago-area cellular telephone manufacturing plant. Tie
company must also find another 3000 workers to operate a new plant it is building in Harvard, Illinois •"the plant where we will build the cellular phones thai will penetrate the Japanese market," said Motoro a
Vice President James D. Burge.
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" H i s t o r i c a l l y , response to competition has been to add technology, cut costs, or seek favorabl;
government regulation. None of these efforts has had a lasting effect on productivity. The only sustainable
resource for competitive advantage is people." From Closing the Human Performance Gap, published ty
the Conference Board on May 4.
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" ^VVorkforce traimng should be seen as an investment in human capital. A long-teim approach is
required, aimed at continuously improving and upgrading the skills of current employees as well as
providing the skills that will enable those out of work to get jobs . . . . We must be as willing to invest in
upgrading people as we are in upgrading machinery." The Business Roundtable, from Workforce Training
and Development for U.S. Competitiveness (August 1993).
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Upcoming . . . a series of regional Educational Roundtables on the President's Reemployment Act o:
1994' . . . the next is scheduled for May 18 in Kansas City, Missouri, and will take place at Allied-Signal
Aerospace Company. As part of its rapid response to lay-offs at the plant, the Department of Labor has
helped Allied-Signal develop an on-site worker assistance transition center, to provide such help as a jobs
bank and retraining services. The Reemployment Act of 1994 emphasizes early outreach to dislocated
workers, with rapid response to announcements of major layoffs and "profiling" of those workers filing
unemployment compensation claims who are likely to need help finding reemployment
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" X h e central goal of the Clinton administration's labor agenda is equipping all Americans for
the work transitions that will punctuate every productive career . . . In the old economy of large anc
stable industries, job security was the rule; in the new economy it's the exception. How to smooth
the inevitable job changes? The president has propoaed to convert the unemployment insurance
system (designed to provide temporary income during cyclical layoffs until the old jobs returned
whet) die economy picked up) into a reemployment system, getting people the information and skills
they need to quickly shift from old work to new."
-Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Washington Post (May 20, 1994)
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R e t i r i n g auto workers will free up as many as 200,000 job openings by the end of the decade,
according to Michigan's Transportation Research Institute, but who gets the new job openings "will
be a function of education," said David Cole Director of the Institute. Applicants for the new job
opemngs in the industry will have to have more skills and better educations than the workers they are
replacing. Even skilled workers among the older, departing work force often do not have the
problem-solving skills required of the new work force, Cole said, adding that the educational
requirements of future factory workers will make the jobs much harder to get than in the past.
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MCI
Communications could not find enough highly-skilled applicants to build a workforce
of 2,800 employees when it consolidated its Systems Engineering operations in Colorado Springs. I t
transferred half the workers needed from other MCI locations, but had to hire from tlie outside for
the other half, according to the testimony of Senior Vice President John H. Zimmerman, before the
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. "To accomplish this outside hiring we were
forced to use contract employment specialists who sourced from coast to coast. Approximately 50%
of our outside sourcing came from outside the state of Colorado. A more effective system of
translating our employment needs to skill development programs as proposed in [the Reemploymeni
Act] would have been very helpful to us, and more important, to those unemployed who had the
capability to benefit from targeted skill development so that they could have met our requirements.'
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A Regional Roundtable on the Reemployment Act of 1994 - which just acquired Rep. Butler
Derrick as a cosponsor ~ was held last Friday in Fort Worth, Texas, an area that has experienced a
large number of layoffs and plant closings. Participants were taken on "video tours" of innovative
sites, including The Working Connection, a consortium that operates a Career Transition Center to
serve the special needs of dislocated workers.
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Upcoming . . . This week. Secretary Reich testifies on the Reemployment Act before the Senate
Finance Committee. The next Regional Roundtable is scheduled fbr May 27 in Tampa, Florida.
Field hearings on the Reemployment Act are scheduled for Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles.
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" X h e economy is churning and changing, and no matter how many new jobs we can creatt,
there will still be a lot of change in the economy. So . . . we owe it to ourselves and our future to
make sure always that people are retrained and placed as quickly as possible."
-President Clinton, April 18, 1994
A new publication from the Labor Department's Office of the American Workplace reviews key
Clinton Administration initiatives to spur the creation of more and better jobs. Among the highlightj
of Investing in People and Prosperity:
Economic growth: since January 1993, our economy has produced 2.6 million jobs in the private
sector - more than two and a half times the number created in the previous 4 years combined.
These job increases were widespread -- 57% of all industries expanded employment.
And many of the new jobs are good jobs about one-half of the 1993 increase in employment
occurred in higher-paying management and professional occupations.
Initiatives to foster business expansion: In addition to creating a solid foundation for economic
growth, the Clinton Administration has also invested in policies and programs that foster business
expansion and create good jobs, such as the Reemployment Act of 1994.
The Administration has put a high priority on business development, especially for small- and
medium-sized firms, because they are the engine that drives job creation in our economy.
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Job creation starts at the community level, and the Administration is strongly committed to
building the capacity of communities to improve their economic condition and stimulate local jcb
growth -- forging new partnerships between public and private organizations that use innovative
creative, and more results-oriented approaches to job creation in distressed communities.
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The President's Reemployment Act of 1994 is the cornerstone for building the workforce
American business needs to be more productive, flexible, and competitive. The Reemployment
Act will improve firms' access to skilled labor, create a better system of matching workers' skills
to employers' skill needs, and help workers gain better skills and find better jobs more quickly.
The President's Reemployment Act will spur the creation of more jobs by providing business with
the skilled labor needed to produce competitive products, gain new customers, and ensure
sustained profitability.
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Today. . . a Regional Roundtable on the Reemployment Act of 1994 -- which just added Jolene
Unsoeld and Melvin Watt to the cosponsor ranks - is being held in Tampa, Florida. The site is an
innovative "one-stop career center," which replaced 13 separate public sector employment and traimng
offices and serves a varied population, including dislocated workers, transitional military personnel, the
disadvantaged, and applicants for workers compensation. The Reemployment Act of 1994 fosters tlie
creation of similar "one-stop career center" statewide networks.
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" T h r o u g h consolidation, the [Reemployment] Act will address the needs of all
dislocated workers regardless of the cause of their dislocation. Dislocated workers will be
able to receive reemployment services as well as income support... for those who require
long-term training. The bill will also create career centers which will provide a single point
of entry for laid-off workers to receive assistance."
-Senator Mark Hatfield, May 31, 1994
Senator Mark Hatfield just signed on to co-sponsor the Clinton Administration's
Reemploymeni Act of 1994. Senator Hatfield conducted a field hearing of the Senate
Committee on Appropriations in Portland, Oregon on May 31.
I n addition to Secretary Reich, other witnesses testifying included State officials,
management and labor representatives and a dislocated timber worker who has been forced to
cut short his educational program.
Dislo cated timber worker Kevin Browning described hisfrustrationat having to break
off his successful college career because his unemployment insurance has run out: "While my
situation is dramatic, I do not feel it is unique. In recent weeks, I have seen many of my
fellow students lament having to make the same decision. Unfortunately, most are forced to
pick survival over their education." The President's Reemployment Act would enable people
like Mr. Browning to complete their education by providing income support or
"reemployment insurance" for long-term training.
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Secretary Reich also testified at the June 1 field hearing at East Los Angeles College in
Monterey Park, which was conducted by Representative Matthew G. Martinez, a cosponsor
of the President's Reemployment Act and Chairman of the Human Resources Subcommittee
of the House Education and Labor Committee.
"As tlie workers of California continue to suffer the effects of defense downsizing
and a stagnant state economy, the Reemployment Act shows that the President lias not
forgotten the American workers who won the Cold War," Representative Martinez said.
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Representatives Paul Kanjorski, George Sangmeister, Earl Hilliard and Elizabeth Furse
have also joined the cosponsor ranks, bringing the totals to 88 in the House and 21 in the
Senate.
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The widening gap between the winners and losers from economic change is neither inevitable
nor unbridgeable. Because even amidst long-term unemployment and job anxiety, the new economy
is generating a strong, steady demand for workers with high-level skills."
- Secretary Robert Reich, field hearing, Senate Appropriations Committee, May 31
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A recent article in the New York Times - "For High School Graduates, A Job Market of Dead
Ends" -- underscores the lack of opportunities for high school graduates without postsecondary
education or training. In 1993, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, nearly a quarter of high
school graduates who did not go on to college and who wanted jobs were still unemployed in Octobtr
- compared with 21% of each year's new graduates during the 1980's and 16% in the 1970's.
The principal of Craigmont High and Middle School in Memphis noted how much things had
changed in the area, explaining that, until recently, nearby factories used to offer high school graduatss
plentiful opportunities for jobs paying real money: "If you could hit a nail every time one went by cn
an assembly line, you got a job that in today's market would pay $12 or $13 an hour."
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The Dunlop Commission - the ten-member Commission on the Future of Worker-Management
Relations established in May 1993 at President Clinton's request -- released its fact finding report las:
Thursday . The Report of Findings distills the findings of a nearly 4000-page record. The Commissi )n
held U national and six regional hearings, heard the testimony of 354 witnesses, and reviewed score:
of documents. Among its general findings, the Commission found:
a shift in the occupational structure of the workplace toward white collar jobs that require
considerable education;
substantial creation of jobs but high unemployment for the less skilled and considerable
insecurity about jobs; and
a bifurcation of the U.S. labor market due to arisinggap in earnings between higher paid anc
more educated or skilled workers and lower paid and less educated workers.
T h e Commission will now enters the second phase of its work - to receive comments on the
Report of Findings and to review new data and some studies still in progress. In the next six month:,
the Commission is scheduled to issue a Final Report with recommendations to Labor Secretary Reich
and Commerce Secretary Brown.
R e p . Eva Clayton is the most recent cosponsor of the President's Reemployment Act.
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Trade means jobs . . . When we create these good export jobs, we must make sure our
people are ready to fill them. These days, what you earn depends on what you leam. Skills
and knowledge are the most important asset of all. That's why we're working on a lifetime
learning system . . . Next we have to fix our broken unemployment system [and] replace it
with a reemployment system so that when someone loses his job, he or she can find a good
new job as quickly as possible. I am fighting for Congress to pass this Reemployment Act
this year."
- President Clinton, radio address, June 4, 1994
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Secretary Robert Reich joined labor officialsfromEuropean and other western nations
m Paris this week to discuss solutions to unemployment at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development.
"Mr. Reich said developed nations appeared to face the choice between creating new jobs and
preserving a social safety net, but he argued that there was a 'third way' that would both
increase the number of new jobs and raise wage levels. The Labor Secretary said this
approach was based on three principles: to improve the quality of the work force through
education and training; to adapt the labor market to economic changes by, for example, aiding
the movement of workers between industries, and to move from social safety nets to
'springboards to employment.'" New York Times, June 8, 1994. The President's
Reemployment Act of 1994 is designed to connect all Americans who want and need first
jobs, new jobs, and better jobs to state-of-the-art employment services and job market
information.
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Secretary Reich also spoke to the London Institute for Public Policy Research on June 6,
saying: "The problems of stagnating incomes in the U.S., of paltry job growth in Europe, of
a growing cleavage between rich and poor - these problems cannot be solved by anything as
direct as an assault on a beach. The threats to our world « instead of being located in a
single person, political party, or nation - are more diffuse, less easy to identify and embody.
"But the dangers are just as pernicious as those the West confronted a half century ago. And
they require the same resolve, the same boldness, and the same international concert of action
- for the consequences of ignoring these dangers are as grave as the consequences would
have been had the world'sfreenations not summoned their collective will during the 1940's."
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F o u r new cosponsors have signed on to the President's Reemployment Act: Senator
John Kerry and Representatives Major Owens, Jim Chapman, and Bob Filner.
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Cosponsors of the President's Reemployment Act of 1994 (REA) Representatives
Sam Gejdenson, Paul Kanjorski, Rosa DeLauro, Anna Eshoo, Lynn Woolsey, and Sam Farr - took
to the floor of the House of Representatives over the past several weeks to urge their colleagues to
support the REA. A sampling from their recent speeches:
"Many defense workers, who will be laid off from their jobs, will not be going back to that same
plant or facility. A decade ago providing unemployment to bridge a temporary loss of work was
adequate. Today the system is simply not working . . . . we need a system that will help train
people, sustain them through an education and training period, provide support for them and their
families, and then make sure that at the completion of that training they will know where the jobs a e
[and that] those jobs will continue into the fhture." Rep. Gejdenson (May 19).
"As a human resources and employment consultant for over 20 years, I have consulted with too many
businesses that have jobs, but cannot fmd workers who are properly trained, and I have met with too
many unemployed workers that do not know where to get the training and services they need to be
employed or reemployed." Rep. Woolsey (June 9).
"[W]e hear encouraging news about the economy and employment everyday, but the good news is
concealing the extent of dislocation and long-term employment and the dailyfrustrationthe
unemployed must endure . . . . Imagine the exasperation of the unemployed who must deal with a
jumble of unrelated agencies to find the kind of job training and assistance they need. The
Reemployment Act changes this by streamlining the current confusing maze of narrow categorical
programs into a comprehensive reemployment system that helps connect workers to new jobs and
employers to skilled workers." Rep. Eshoo (May 19).
"[I]n this atmosphere of efficient and effective government, H.R 4040 will consolidate the existing
patchwork of program resources to deliver assistance to dislocated workers in a systemwide, targetc d
manner. In addition, it will also assist in preparing sectors of the workforce for the types of career
shifts and dislocation that workers in my district now face." Rep. Kanjorski (June 9).
"The Reemployment Act of 1994 takes our antiquated unemployment system and transforms it into a
reemployment system that would give dislocated workers and other unemployed workers the job
search, counseling, training, education and income assistance they must have to connect with and
compete effectively for good new jobs. Now it's up to us to work with the Administration, pass the
Reemployment Act, and get it to the President's desk for his signature this year. The two million
Americans losing their jobs this year demand no less." Rep. DeLauro (May 19).
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Senator Patrick Leahy is the latest cosponsor of the President's Reemployment Act.
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" I ask for your help to pass the Reemployment Act, which will change the whole way our
unemployment system works. It will turn a bewildering array of training programs into a
system where workers who lose their jobs can present themselves at a one-stop service center,
and get the guidance, the training opportunities and the information they need for real jobs in
the private sector. The boards that supervise these programs will be controlled by people who
know most about the opportunities, the private sector. And I want Congress to enact that this
year. This is very, very important."
— President Clinton in a speech to the Business Roundtable, June 21, 1994
V i c e President A l Gore visited the Department of Labor (DOL) on Monday, June 20, to
recognize "heroes of reinvention" -- DOL employees whose ideas have led to improved
customer service, less red tape, and better service delivery.
H e honored the Seattle Regional office, which received an award for the Boeing one-stop
career center it initiated to serve 19,000 laid-off Boeing workers. The Boeing Reemployment
Center - v/hich is the subject of a video made by the Vice President's National Performance
Review — involved an unprecedented degree of cooperation between private and public
partners, including Boeing, the union, federal and state agencies, community colleges and
technical schools. The satisfied customers interviewed in the video repeatedly identified the
comprehensive, one-stop approach as instrumental in helping themfindreemployment
quickly.
V i c e President Gore emphasized that one-stop career center systems are at the heart of the
President's Reemployment Act of 1994 (REA), which will build on the innovative approaches
to "one-stop" delivery of employment and training services - like the Boeing Reemployment
Center -- that have begun to develop at the state and local levels. The President's
Reemployment Act will lay the groundwork for statewide one-stop career systems, which will
offer anyone who needs help to get a first, new, or better job - whether or not they've been
permanently laid-off -- convenient access to labor market information, training programs, job
counseling, and information on benefits.
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Senator Max Baucus is a new cosponsor of tlie President's Reemployment Act, together
with Representatives Floyd Flake and Eddie Bernice Johnson.
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" T h e average person does not go back to the job from which he or she is laid off, but. the
unemployment system is still built on the premise that they do . . . . We can change this, but we
need to do it this year . . . . So I ask you, help me pass the reemployment bill."
- President Clinton in a speech to the Business Roundtable, June 21
Representative Steny Hoyer urged his colleagues to support the President's Reemployment Act
last Thursday on the floor of the House. In his one-minute speech, the Chairman of the Democratic
Caucus emphasised the central importance of one-stop career centers to the legislation.
"Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the President's Reemployment Act and the one-stop
career centers which are a critical provision.
" T h e s e centers will provide all Americans - not just the unemployad ~ with an incredible
amount of information on labor markets, traming programs, job counseling, and job benefits.
" I n addition to providing benefits to a larger group of Americans, one-stop career centers will
eliminate much of the bureaucracy which often saps the energy and drive of people looking for wore.
Under current programs, too many people spend their time moving from agency to agency, line to
line.
' ' One-Stop centers simplify this process, so workers expend their energy using these programs
instead of applying for them.
" T h e s e centers are a simple idea which will hot-wire Americans into job markets and training
opportunities. Let us keep America working: Support the Reemployment Act and its one-stop caresr
centers."
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Representative Rosa DeLauro also delivered remarks in support of the one-stop career centei
feature of the President's bill. She noted that "Workers would be paired with career counselors wb>
would work with them, guide them to the best programs, and commit themselves to seeing that
workers succeed in finding that new and better job."
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The President's Reemployment Act has garnered over 100 House cosponsors:
G^y Ackerman D-NY
Michael Andrews D-TX
Robert Andrews D-NJ
Jim Bacchus D-FL
Anthony Beilenson D-CA
Howard Berman D-CA
Lucien Blackwell D-PA
John Bryant D-TX
Ben Cardin D-MD
Bob Carr D-MI
Jim Chapman D-TX
William L. Clay D-MO
Eva Clayton D-NC
Bill Coyne D-PA
Peter A. DeFario D-OR
Rosa DeLauro D-CT
Ronald Dellums D-CA
Butler Derrick D-SC
Norman Dicks D-WA
John Dingell D-MI
Julian Dixon D-CA
Don Edwards D-CA
Anna Eshoo D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Vic Fazio D-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Floyd Flake D-NY
Harold E. Ford D-TN
•William D. Ford D-MI
Barney Frank D-MA
Manin Frost D-TX
Elizabeth Furse D-OR
Sam Gejdenson D-CT
•Richard A. Gephardt D-MO
Sam M. Gibbons D-FL
Gene Green D-TX
Steve Gunderson R-WI
Dan Hamburg D-CA
Jane Harman D-CA
Alcee Hastings D-FL
Earl Hilliard D-AL
Maurice D. Hinchey D-NY
Peter Hoagland D-NE
George Hochbrueckner D-NY
Tim Holden D-PA
Steny H. Hoyer D-MD
Eddie Bemice Johnson D-TX
Harry Johnston D-FL
Paul Kanjorski D-OR
Joseph P. Kennedy II D-MA
Barbara B. Kennelly D-CT
Dale E. Kildee D-MI
Ron Klink D-PA
"'Lead sponsors
Michael J. Kopetski D-OR
John LaFalce D-NY
Sander M. Levin D-MI
John Lewis D-GA
William Lipinski D-IL
Marilyn Lloyd D-TN
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Thomas Manton D-NY
Matthew Martinez D-CA
Roben T. Matsui D-CA
Romano Mazzoli D-KY
Frank McCloskey D-IN
Dave McCurdy D-OK
Jim McDermott D-WA
Cynthia McKinney D-GA
Canie Meek D-FL
George Miller D-CA
Norman Mineta D-CA
Austin Murphy D-PA
John Munha D-PA
Richard Neal D-MA
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
John Olver D-MA
M^jor Owens D-NY
Donald M. Payne D-NJ
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Timothy J. Penny D-MN
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Bill Richardson D-NM
Carlos Romero-Barcelo D-PR
*Dan Rostenkowski D-IL
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Manin Olav Sabo D-MN
George Sangmeister D-IL
Thomas C. Sawyer D-OH
Patricia Schroeder D-CO
Charles Schumer D-NY
Roben C. Scon D-VA
Jose E. Serrano D-NY
Louise Mcintosh Slaughter D-NY
Pete Stark D-CA
Louis Stokes D-OH
Dick Swett D-NH
Mike Synar D-OK
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Jolene Unsoeld D-WA
Melvin Watt D-NC
Alan Wheat D-MO
*Pai Williams D-MT
Lynn Woolsey D-CA
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" S t i l l pending in the Congress this year is the [Reeemployment Act], which will change the
whole focus of the unemployment system in ways that will benefit the economy of every state
represented around these tables . . . . [This system] has paid people while they exhausted their
unemployment on the assumption that they would be called back to their old jobs, when as a
practical matter few of them - one in five Americans - are called back to their old jobs these days.
They need to begin immediately retraining for the new jobs of the future. That's what the
reemployment system will do."
- President Clinton, addressing the National Governors Association, July 19, 1994
Highlights from the testimony of labor representatives on the Reemployment Act of 1994 before:
the July 12 joint hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee Trade and Human Resources
Subcommittees:
" T h e Reemployment Act (REA) will help streamline access to services that will help
unemployed workers regain entry into the job market as quickly as possible . . . . SEIU [Service
Employees International Union] is pleased that the Clinton administration is responding to the
desperate need for a comprehensive workforce development policy. We are strongly supportive of
the President's efforts to provide expanded income support and retraining services. We agree that the
profound needs of tlie workers and job seekers who will use the services provided by the
Reemploymeni: Act are of paramount concern. SEIU supports the administration's goal of
streamlining eligibility criteria and eliminating the excessive paperwork in many of these programs.'
-- Peggy Connerton, Director of Public Policy, Service Employees International Unio i ,
AFL-CIO, CLC
" L a b o r Secretary Reich and the Administration are to be complimented for their leadership in
focusing on the dual problems of returning dislocated workers to the workplace and redesigning the
delivery of employment and training services in a rapidly changing economy. Technological chan*;,
corporate restructuring, the integration of the world economy, and defense downsizing have greatly
intensified the problem of structural unemployment."
-- Charles M. Loveless, Director of Legislation, American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
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T h e Human Resources Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee is expected to
mark up the Reemployment Act (H.R. 4040) on Friday, July 22.
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he President's Reemployment Act is b s d on proven evidence about what works to help
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people get new and better jobs. These strategies include job search assistance, reemployment bonuses,
self-employment assistance programs, and both short-term and long-term training programs.
' Job search assistance. Research indicates that people receiving job search assistance find ntw
jobs more quickly, and have a reduced need for unemployment compensation (UI) benefits.
. Furthermore, job search assistance programs are cost-effective for the government.
Because of their demonstrated effectiveness in getting dislocated workers back to work, basic
reemployment services such as job search assistance will play a key role under the
Reemployment Act. The Act will also lay the groundwork for a nationwide, easily-accessed
computer system of job and training information. Dislocated workers who need more than JI b
search assistance and infoimation to get a new job will have access to more intensive service;,
such as individualized counseling, assessment, and career planning.
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Self-employment programs for UI recipients. Self-employment programs allow unemployed workers the option of income support through the UI system while they start a small busines;.
Research indicates that the likelihood of starting a business roughly doubles for those
participating in a self-employment program. The Reemployment Act would encourage stales; :o
-provide self-employment allowances and entrepreneurial traimng in lieu of unemployment
compensation to assist unemployed workers in starting businesses and becoming self-em ploye d.
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Reemployment bonuses. Reemployment bonus programs reward unemployed workers who
find and keep new jobs for specified periods of time. Research shows that such bonus
programs produce significant declines in the amount of time spent receiving UI benefits and. :hat
the programs are cost-effective. Under the President's Reemployment Act, states could offer
new UI options to laid-off workers in the form of reemployment bonuses for those quickly
finding new jobs.
Longer-term training. The powerful positive effects on earnings of long-term education an i
training are among the best-establishedfindingsin the social science literature. Among the.
many studies on the subject, recent research confirms that, the extent of a worker's educatip]2i or
training is a powerful predictor of his or her earnings and indicates that annual earnings grow -at
least 5-10% for each additional year of training-or education a worker receives. Furthennori,
each year of post-secondary education increases earnings - whether or not the worker receiv JS
a degree. Both vocational training -- such as provided-by most community colleges — and
academic education create large benefits. The Reemployment Act will make longer-term
training available for workers who need it to get a new job.
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INew cosponsors of the Reemployment Act include Representatives Henry A, Waxman, Cleo Fie.es.
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<p>Michael Waldman was Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting from 1995-1999. His responsibilities were writing and editing nearly 2,000 speeches, which included four State of the Union speeches and two Inaugural Addresses. From 1993 -1995 he served as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Coordination.</p>
<p>The collection generally consists of copies of speeches and speech drafts, talking points, memoranda, background material, correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, articles, clippings, and presidential schedules. A large volume of this collection was for the State of the Union speeches. Many of the speech drafts are heavily annotated with additions or deletions. There are a lot of articles and clippings in this collection.</p>
<p>Due to the size of this collection it has been divided into two segments. Use links below for access to the individual segments:<br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+1">Segment One</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+2">Segment Two</a></p>
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Michael Waldman
Office of Speechwriting
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1993-1999
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2006-0469-F
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Segment One contains 1071 folders in 72 boxes.
Segment Two contains 868 folders in 66 boxes.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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[Reemployment Act] Department of Labor Fax
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Office of Speechwriting
Michael Waldman
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Box 32
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36403"> Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7763296">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
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2006-0469-F Segment 1
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White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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Preservation-Reproduction-Reference
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6/3/2015
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7763296
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