News Releases - 2007

November 20, 2007

• News Release  
  $10.1 Million Will Go to Help Military Spouses Pursue Career Training

Novermber 16, 2007

• News Release  
  Governor's Anti-Gang Initiative Provides Funds for Job Training and Education Programs
  State Issues Solicitation for Proposal to Implement Intervention and Prevention Strategies

February 28, 2007

• News Release  
  U.S. Gypsum Company to Build New Wallboard Plant in Stockton, California

News Releases - Archive

September 12, 2006

• News Release  
  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Signs Bill to Increase California’s Minimum Wage

May 19, 2006

• News Release  
  California Labor Secretary Announces $2 Million To Recently Separated Veterans’ Programs For Job Training

December 22, 2005

• News Release  
  Secretary Bradshaw Announces $17.9 Million Grant to Provide Employment and Training Services Statewide

October 5, 2005

• News Release  
  The California Labor & Workforce Development Agency announced today the appointment of Carrie Nevans to the position of acting deputy administrative director for the Department of Industrial Relation's Division of Worker's Compensation. Click here for a link to Governor Schwarzenegger's news release announcing the appointment of Andrea Hoch as Legal Affairs Secretary.

September 1, 2005

• Media Advisory  
  Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition
  Los Angeles Garment Sweat Shops Revisited –
  Enforcement Action Results

August 24, 2005

• News Release  
  Labor and Workforce Development Agency and VF Corporation Announce A Major Coup In Visalia
• Media Advisory   
  Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition Garment Sweeps Throughout the State Produce Results - Tallies for the Week-long Enforcement Action

August 11, 2005

• News Release   
  State Offers $20 Million for Job Training Programs
  The EDD, in coordination with the California Workforce Investment Board, and on behalf of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, has announced a solicitation for proposals with $20 million available in job training grants.

July 12, 2005

• News Release   
  Labor and Workforce Development Agency's Budget is Victorious Governor's Nurse Education Initiative and EEEC are a Go!

May 23, 2005

• California Nurse Education Initiative
  “Nurses are people of compassion and courage. Their profession is a labor of love and without them we simply could not deliver quality care for patients. California is facing a severe nursing shortage and it is absolutely critical that we open up the nursing profession to everyone who has the passion and potential.”

May 20, 2005

• News Release   
  Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the Gatorade Company announce major reinvestment in Oakland

March 24, 2005

• A New County Data Series
  The Labor and Workforce Development Agency announces the release of a unique employment series long sought by economic and workforce development professionals. The California Regional Economies Employment (CREE) series provides annual county data, at the four-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) level, for the period 1990-2002. (The preparation of 2003 data is in progress, and subsequent years will be added as data becomes available.)

March 3, 2005

• California Labor Secretary Announces $5.8 Million to Veterans Program for Job Training.