Jobs and Economy
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Walsh, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries Val Hoyle toured PCC's portion of the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center. Walsh, Bonamici and Hoyle — all of whom started their post-secondary education at community colleges — spoke about the need for pathways to living-wage jobs outside of a four-year college degree.
The visit follows Walsh's recent announcement of the Department of Labor's "Good Jobs Initiative," a coordinated effort by the Biden-Harris administration to improve job quality nationwide with the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed on Nov. 15, 2021. Walsh was scheduled to first join Rep.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited Oregon on Thursday to talk about the value and importance of workforce training in strengthening the nation's economy. He met with several elected leaders, including Gov. Kate Brown, U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will visit Portland and Scappoose on Thursday to talk about the value of workforce training and promote the Biden Administration's "Good Jobs" initiative. Walsh, Rep.
The governor's tour on Tuesday comes after she, Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Suzanne Bonamici announced the development of the Oregon Semiconductor Competitiveness Taskforce in early February.
Each member of Congress can submit up to 10 community project funding requests for consideration. Rep. Earl Blumenauer joined Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici in advocating for $2.67 million in funding for the Multnomah County Behavioral Health Resource Center, among other projects.
"What we're going to do is make sure a portion of those funds come back to Oregon to support what we do," Al Thompson, Intel's vice president for government relations, said last week on a conference call with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore. The call was part of an effort to rally support for legislation supporting the domestic semiconductor industry.
Gov. Kate Brown and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
Intel's decision to site its multibillion-dollar factory expansion in Ohio rang alarm bells across Oregon last month. In response, more than two dozen of the state's top political and business leaders have joined a task force aiming at renewing Oregon's chip industry. In addition to chairs Wyden, Pope and Brown, the task force's roster includes Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and U.S.