P.M. BRIEFING : U.S. Warned of Crippling Lack of Educated, Efficient Work Force
A “work force crisis” will cripple the United States’ ability to compete internationally without immediate steps to improve the education, training and efficiency of U.S. workers, said a report submitted today to Labor Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole.
At a news conference where Dole received the report, the secretary said the problems in the work force require the attention of business, labor, government and private citizens.
“The skills of our work force have not kept pace with the more complex jobs of today,” Dole said.
The report was produced by the Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency, created in 1988 by Dole’s predecessor, Ann McLaughlin.
The commission’s 44 recommendations cover three broad fronts: improving education for young people, providing lifetime education and training for workers, and improving productivity and efficiency by providing more help to working parents and developing a system to better match workers with jobs.
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