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Type:
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Informational Report
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Status:
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Agenda Ready
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On agenda:
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11/21/2019
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Final action:
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Title:
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RECEIVE AND FILE the status report on Metro Workforce Initiative Now - Los Angeles (WIN-LA).
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Indexes:
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2028 Mobility Concept Plan, Access Services Inc., Alignment, Central Los Angeles subregion, Certification, City of Los Angeles, Community Transportation, Construction, Contractors, Customer service, Informational Report, Labor, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Maps, Measure M, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metro Blue Line, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Operations and Maintenance, Outreach, Partnerships, Pilot studies, Plan, Prime Contractor, Procurement, Professional Services, Program, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Promotion, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Regional development, Regional transportation, Request For Proposal, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Strategic planning, Training programs, Transportation careers, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Weight, Westside Cities subregion
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Meeting_Body EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 21, 2019 Subject SUBJECT: METRO WORKFORCE INITIATIVE NOW - LOS ANGELES (WIN-LA) Action ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE Heading RECOMMENDATION Title RECEIVE AND FILE the status report on Metro Workforce Initiative Now - Los Angeles (WIN-LA). Issue ISSUE The transportation industry is experiencing a gap in the demand for and supply of skilled workforce, making succession planning and workforce development crucial for Metro to deliver Measure M programs over the next 40 years and beyond. Metro is focused on meeting the workforce challenges through various systematic approaches outlined in Metro's Career Pathways (MCP), which include the transportation school, Workforce Initiative Now-Los Angeles (WIN-LA) along with the Project Labor Agreement/ Construction Careers Policy (PLA/CCP) and other initiatives. Furthermore, by harnessing Metro's investments in transportation infrastructure the creation of high-quality jobs through regional workforce development can build the industry's future labor force and improve equity outcomes for communities throughout Los Angeles County and the United States. Background BACKGROUND Metro formally announced WIN-LA on July 28, 2017 at a pledge event that convened members of Metro's Board of Directors, including members from the region's workforce development and community college sectors, prime contractors and the small business community including labor representatives and others. The pledge event showed commitment to supporting WIN-LA and the regional collaboration to deliver an employer driven workforce development program to identify, assess, train and employ the future transportation workforce. The pledge event also commemorated the regional collaboration between Metro, the City of Los Angeles Workforce Development Board, the County of Los Angeles Workforce Development Board, including the five consortia regional Workforce Development Boards (WDB), by signing of a c... Click here for full text
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