California and Texas run the two largest manufacturing economies in the United States, and both depend on immigrant workers to keep their lines moving. A large share of those workers are still building their English. For plant managers, that gap shows up as near-misses, rework, slow onboarding and supervisors who can't be promoted...
Worcester County manufacturers can often cover most or all of the cost of onsite workforce English training through two public sources: the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund Program (WTFP) and federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds managed by your local MassHire workforce board. The fastest path usually starts...
Manufacturers can often offset part of the cost of workforce English training, also called workplace English as a Second Language (ESL) training, through three channels: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds administered by local workforce boards, state-funded workforce training grants, and the tax code. None of these is...
The Merrimack Valley helped invent American manufacturing. The mills of Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill drew workers from around the world in the 1800s, and that story never really stopped. Today, the region's precision machining shops, medical device makers, food producers, plastics molders and electronics assemblers still depend on an immigrant workforce, now largely...