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| EDUCATION GOALS: |
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- Promote opportunities for education and continuing education in the tri-state area
Action steps
- Reach out to area schools to promote job skills, training, and job openings especially in the areas of manufacturing, skilled trades and technology.
(Ie: grants, education-to-employment programs, mock bargaining, career expos)
- Respond to requests from the school board for assistance.
- Support local school financial efforts, if supported by the board.
(Ie: grants, levys, bond issues)
- Develop and promote an internship program as well as job shadow opportunities and be a resource for locating these opportunities.
- Have an intern with Dubuque Area Labor-Management Council who's responsible for aiding in development of the internship program and finding out what programs and initiatives other groups who are dedicated to building a better workforce are doing.
- Partner with other community efforts.
(Ie: Boy Scouts, Learning for Life, Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi Valley Promise)
- Be a resource for information
Action step
- Expand educational opportunities for our members
- Expand and continue student outreach programs
Action steps
- Target specific student groups and expose them to different skill sets and opportunities.
- Expand the Exploring program.
- Develop outreach to Central Alternative High School to promote more activities and involvement.
- Encourage schools to have career counseling and career education curriculums at the high school level. Use career counseling as a career preparation tactic, exposing students to jobs, careers, and necessary skills.
- Continue with current successful activities
(Ie: Mock Collective Bargaining, expand the College Mock Collective Bargaining; Summerfest; maintain the Career Expo.)
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| COMMUNICATION GOALS: |
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- Promote labor-management throughout the community by being a role model of Labor-Management cooperation
Action step
- Welcome new labor and management representatives when they establish themselves in the area and encourage them to become involved in the organization.
- Continue and enhance recognition of organization and individual successes
- Increase participation of member organizations and events
- Get more active member participation in DALMC activities, meetings, etc.
- Promote socializing as a group
- Expand membership
Action step
- Reapproach the possible members that have declined in the past
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| QUALITY OF LIFE GOALS: |
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- Help provide access to affordable healthcare
- Promote health and wellness within the work environment
Action steps
- Support local Envision 2010 goals on mental health and the community health center.
- Promote wellness within the work environment.
(i.e.: Utilizing Dr. Ann's tips, promote education programs on health and wellness).
- Develop and support projects with community hiking, biking and walking trails.
(i.e.: Adopt-a-trail project, Create or clean up picnic areas or trails, Heritage Trail Day, promote the trail to members).
- Urge members to be involved in the Envision2010 goals and projects.
- Reestablish the Tri-State Health Coalition (CARE: Community Awareness Research Education)
Action step
- Talk to prior members of CARE (Dan White, Chuck Isenhart) to understand what happened to CARE, what CARE tried to establish, whether it could be reestablished, and identify potential partnerships.
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| ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT GOALS: |
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- Support job retention and job recruitment
- Decrease the loss of youth after graduation
Action steps
- Support the Chamber's Workforce Recruitment efforts.
- Develop a website promoting the benefits of staying in the community, compare and contrast other cities, talk to people that have moved to the area from larger cities, etc.
- Encourage members to advertise job opportunities on AccessDubuque.com.
- Support sports and recreation initiatives in the community if agreed upon by the board.
- Consider supporting economic development projects and legislation in the community
Action step
- Support increased communication technology in the community.
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| COOPERATION GOALS: |
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- Maintain and develop positive working relationships with the city, county, business entities, and local school district (Ie: NICC, Chamber, Elected Officials, GDDC)
Action steps
- Promote local educational opportunities.
(Ie: Colleges, trade schools, apprenticeships, etc).
- Use the Dubuque Mentoring Partnership as a mechanism to increase awareness of skills and knowledge that are needed in the workplace.
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| ADDITIONAL GOALS: |
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- Continue to support ACE (Alliance for Construction Excellence)
Action step
- Get board support for various ACE projects.
- Maintain financial stability
- Maintain and promote the Dubuque Area Labor-Management Council's image
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