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Kennedy, Joanna B. – Training Develop J, 1970
Descriptors: Job Training, Retailing, Training Methods, Unskilled Workers
Peer reviewedMorris, Madeline L. – Urban League Review, 1983
Presents findings of a study of Caribbean undocumented immigrants in the Flatbush-Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. Focuses on employment among this group, and suggests that these illegal immigrants do, in fact, compete in the labor market with American-born, unskilled workers. (GC)
Descriptors: Competition, Employment Patterns, Illegal Immigrants, Labor Market
Luce, Charles F. – Training in Bus and Ind, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Industry, On the Job Training, Unskilled Workers
Download full textReynolds, Jack; And Others – 1978
These ten case studies of the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) report different approaches to providing training and employment assistance to unemployed persons of limited English-speaking ability. (A summary report of forty-seven projects is available separately. See Note.) The first four describe projects conducted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
Jurmo, Paul – Literacy Harvest, 2002
Most of the job losses that occurred in New York City after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center occurred in low-wage jobs held by lower-skilled workers. Many of those affected faced multiple obstacles limiting their employment prospects, including limited literacy and English language skills and a lack of "connections" to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development
