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Accelerating workforce development in the federal infrastructure moment and beyond

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A surge in US federal infrastructure funding is accelerating a variety of transportation, water, energy, broadband, and other improvements nationally, with the potential to support millions of new jobs. However, continued struggles to recruit, train, and retain infrastructure workers—particularly younger workers, women, and people of color—may limit the reach and ultimate impact of this funding. This article—drawing from past Brookings Institution analyses on the infrastructure workforce—explores these struggles in greater depth and points to several steps that both infrastructure and workforce leaders can take to better harness new funding and support more durable workforce development strategies in years to come. 美国联邦基础设施资金的激增正在加速全国范围内的一系列改善,包括交通、水、能源、宽带和其他方面,这有可能支持数百万个新工作岗位。然而,在招募、培训和留住基础设施工人(尤其是年轻工人、女性和有色人种)方面面临的持续挑战可能会限制这笔资金的覆盖范围和最终影响。基于布鲁金斯学会过去对基础设施劳动力的分析,本文更深入地探究了这些挑战,并指出了基础设施和劳动力领导者可以采取的几个步骤,以更好地利用新资金并支持未来几年更持久的劳动力发展战略。 Un aumento en la financiación federal de infraestructura de Estados Unidos está acelerando una variedad de mejoras en transporte, agua, energía, banda ancha y otras a nivel nacional, con el potencial de respaldar millones de nuevos empleos. Sin embargo, las continuas luchas para reclutar, capacitar y retener a los trabajadores de infraestructura (en particular, los trabajadores más jóvenes, las mujeres y las personas de color) pueden limitar el alcance y el impacto final de esta financiación. Este artículo, basado en análisis anteriores de la Brookings Institution sobre la fuerza laboral de infraestructura, explora estas luchas con mayor profundidad y señala varios pasos que tanto los líderes de infraestructura como de fuerza laboral pueden tomar para aprovechar mejor los nuevos fondos y apoyar estrategias de desarrollo de la fuerza laboral más duraderas en los próximos años.

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  • Joseph W. Kane, 2024. "Accelerating workforce development in the federal infrastructure moment and beyond," Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 5(1), pages 40-44, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:crtinf:v:5:y:2024:i:1:p:40-44
    DOI: 10.1002/jci3.12019
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