Quality Training Pays: Training Investment Pays for Itself Six Times Over

published: 2011

You never know how well you are doing until you find metrics with which you can measure outcomes. The Transportation Learning Center has capitalized on this insight through a series of in-depth research reports chronicling work by labor-management partnerships in Philadelphia, PA and Albany, NY. This fact sheet outlines these findings and shows an astonishing return on training investment - 745%.

Green Transit Jobs Fact Sheet

published: 2009
Public Transit saves 37 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually yet it is grossly ignored in the world of “green.” This fact sheet makes the case that transit jobs are not only green jobs but they are also good, union jobs which grow the economy.

Joint Labor-Management Training: A New Opportunity in the Railroad Industry

published: 2009

The labor-management partnership training model has the potential for success in many industries outside of public transportation. Passenger and freight railroading are just two sectors that could strongly benefit from training under the partnership model.

Issue Briefing: Building Effective Education and Training for America’s Workers

published: 2009
College or apprenticeship? Drafted in response to President Obama’s challenge for all Americans to complete at least one year of post-secondary education or training, this issue brief shows that graduates of apprenticeship and sector training programs actually have higher earning potential than graduates of community colleges.