Five years ago Pittsburgh received some particularly bad economic news -- US Airways announced that it planned to lay off a significant number of workers. Politicians and community leaders scrambled to respond and promises for worker assistance were made. So what happened to the former US Airways workers?
In a few weeks, the Institute of Politics will release a "Case in Point" publication that looks at how our region's workforce system responded to these layoffs. There's a story on the topic in last weekend's Tribune Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_467929.html
One of the most striking "lessons learned" is the fact that our workforce system does not do a very robust job tracking its own performance. Thus, we have insufficient data about who we served, how we served them and what happened as a result.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
What Happened to US Air?
Five years ago Pittsburgh received some particularly bad economic news -- US Airways announced that it planned to lay off a significant number of workers. Politicians and community leaders scrambled to respond and promises for worker assistance were made. So what happened to the former US Airways workers?
In a few weeks, the Institute of Politics will release a "Case in Point" publication that looks at how our region's workforce system responded to these layoffs. There's a story on the topic in last weekend's Tribune Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_467929.html
One of the most striking "lessons learned" is the fact that our workforce system does not do a very robust job tracking its own performance. Thus, we have insufficient data about who we served, how we served them and what happened as a result.
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