Facts: One fifth of all jobs in the United States do not provide enough annual compensation to keep a family of four above the poverty level.
Facts: Over 500,000 Connecticut residents – with and without high school diplomas—lack the basic skills needed to secure productive employment and/or pursue higher education.
Facts: Today's workers aged 50 and older report that they anticipate working past the traditional retirement years of 62-65.
Facts: In 2009 about 45% of Connecticut jobs were middle-skilled but only 37% of the state's workforce have appropriate training.
Facts:Massachusetts has only twice Connecticut’s population, but spends more than 40 times on incumbent worker training.
What We Are
The Campaign for a Working Connecticut is a coalition that promotes the state's economic competitiveness through the development of sustainable, effective workforce solutions to increase workers' skills and advance families to self-sufficiency.
Updates
1.24.2012
Connecticut's unemployment rate finally seems to be heading in the right direction. Read more in this Hartford Courant article
1.5.2012
Read CWEALF Executive Director Alice Pritchard's letter to the Hartford Courant on workforce development
1.4.2012
Read the Campaign for a Working Connecticut 2012 Agenda here.
10.31.2011
Read what bills were passed during the Connecticut Special Session on Jobs
10.26.2011
Read the CT Jobs Bill here
Get Involved
Below are some ways you can get involved with Campaign for a Working CT!
Join the coalition
Complete your Agency Endorsement Form