Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board (BAWIB) Announces Employer Workforce Training Fund Workshop

The following message was sent to Senator Kennedy by Sheila Sullivan-Jardim, Executive Director of the Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board regarding a Workforce Training Fund seminar for employers in the Brockton region being held November 19th and 20th:

In collaboration with Massasoit Community College, the Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board (BAWIB) is sponsoring a workshop on the Workforce Training Fund for employers in our region, please see the attached flyer.  Every employer who pays Unemployment Insurance has 6% of their contribution added to this fund specifically for training of incumbent and future employees.  Statewide, there was over $3 million distributed during the July 2010 awards, unfortunately, none of that was allocated to our region.  Please help us spread the word on this seminar so that our region is aware of this opportunity and has the chance to take advantage of the training funds available to them.

Event Flyer and Registration Form

Department of Industrial Accidents Safety Grants Awarded to Two Brockton Entities

Information used in this release was provided to Senator Kennedy’s office by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development – Joanne F. Goldstein, Secretary

Last week, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced that Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents safety grants were awarded to BAMSI ($8,827.50) and Brockton Day Nursery ($2,018.77).  These monies will provide workplace safety and training that will promote safe and healthy conditions in the workplace through training, education, and other preventative programs for employees and/or employers of industries operating within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and whose entire staff is covered by the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Laws (M.G.L. c. 152), sole proprietorship, d/b/a or self-insured.

Brockton’s TRA Adult Students Guests of Senator Tom Kennedy & Representative Michael Brady at Evening Visit to State House

(Press Release composed by Alison Long of the Training Resources of America in Brockton.)

Thirty-five adults from Training Resources of America (TRA) in Brockton spent Thursday evening hosted and toured by Senator Thomas P. Kennedy and Representative Michael Brady, both of Brockton.  Sen. Kennedy explained that Speaker Robert DeLeo agreed to the first-time-ever evening visit thanks to the willingness of freshman Rep. Brady to advocate for the unique visit.  TRA South Shore Regional Manager Barbora Hazuková led the group.