Supervisors Biddle & Lipscomb Announcement for Work Initiative - October 13, 2011

MILWAUKEE COUNTY - Supervisors Eyon Biddle (10th District) and Supervisor Theodore Lipscomb (1st District) have partnered the last 6 months and on October 13, 2011, LAUNCHED the "Ready-to-Work" Initiative.

The initiative aims to create job access for Milwaukee County residents who have demonstrated prior success, such as attaining a high school diploma (or GED) and maintaining a valid Driver’s License, yet cannot seem to reach the high-wage, family-supporting jobs that are currently available.

Training for the initiative will be provided by the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership & BIG STEP in collaboration with Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee Public Schools, and Milwaukee Area Building and Construction Trades.

"We applaud Supervisors Biddle and Lipscomb and look forward to ensuring that each of the partners do not duplicate "past transgressions" of transparency and accountability," said Mary Glass, Chair/CEO.  "Further, Milwaukee Professionals Association will recommend that our third state-statute/state-supported public school, UW-Milwaukee, weigh in NOW for undergraduate, graduate degrees - certificates and "building projects" of apprenticeship and procurement.  UW-Milwaukee has/is receiving mega funding for:

•  "new" Freshwater school
•  "new" public health school - downtown
•  "new" Northquadrant - St. Mary's Hospital
•  "new" Digital Future Project
•  "new" Kenwood 
•  "new" Neeskay Project
•  "new" Innovation Project
•  "new" Regeneration Union Project
•  "new" UW-Milwaukee Master Plan.

"Additionally, Wisconsin Medical College-MSOE-Marquette-Cardinal Stritch-Alverno-Concordia should be invited to the table to "leverage" mega partnership fundings they have/are receiving as a result of population of the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County." Lastly, there should be a "community oversight" group, from the City of Milwaukee and county neighborhoods to help provide oversight."  We have got to Occupy Milwaukee with transparency, customer care, principle-centered leadership, updated standards and infrastructural-institutional accountability - Otherwise, it will be business as usual scam," said Glass.
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October 13, 2011