In the meanwhile, we are pushing to raise the visa fees to fund additional education and training programs. The issue of IT workforce development and skills training is at the top of our national agenda. We recently issued our recommendations for how the various sectors and stakeholders could effectively address the challenge of lifelong learning. In addition, I also serve on President Clinton s 21st Century Workforce Commission which is set to release another series of recommendations on IT training and education this spring. This challenge cannot be solved by labor acting alone or in cooperation with just union employers.
Organized labor is concerned that all peoples of the world benefit from the digital revolution.
As AFL-CIO President John Sweeney has said many times, we are eager to work through the ILO to make sure that workers and businesses around the globe enjoy a higher standard of living as well as higher profits from the IT economy of the 21 st Century. All Rights Reserved. Send us your comments or questions about this site.