The world is changing at the speed of light, posing new challenges for America's workers, our families and our communities. New technologies are created at the flicker of a computer screen.
Capital travels thousands of miles at the click of a mouse.
Jobs barrel through fiber optic cables heading for destinations halfway around the world. The new Institute works with the AFL-CIO and its unions in helping to create, retain and expand good jobs and to build strong communities for working families. It continues and expands on the three decades of accomplishments as the successor to the AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute. The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute empowers workers and the union movement that represents them to seize opportunities created by these rapid changes in national and international labor markets. By helping workers adapt to but also influence change for the better, the Institute works to create and sustain the right kind of jobs for the twenty-first century.