Meridian Housing Authority Endorses Workforce Alliance Partnership and Job Fair
Strategic Systems Inc. is developing a Workforce Alliance Partnership, a collaborative effort with the Central Mississippi Building & Construction Trade Council, the Gulf Coast Building and Trade Council and the Mississippi Power Company to develop apprenticeship-training programs in five counties. The counties are: Forest, Harrison, Jackson, Jones and Lauderdale.
The Trade Councils are umbrella organizations with membership of 14 building and construction trades. The mission of these various apprenticeship training programs is to ensure that low income, low wage, unemployed and underemployed individuals receive the assistance needed to successfully complete the apprenticeship training and enable them to permanently compete for high wage jobs in the construction workforce.
The Alliance will conduct public meetings in each county to provide information about the program and the recruit and screen applicants for participation in the apprenticeship training.
Participants in the Workforce Development Program are connected immediately to living wage jobs and earn while they learn. Throughout their apprenticeship, participants work full-time jobs on site along with two nights of classroom training. While they are in training participants receive a salary that is calculated at 50% of the journeyman’s wage. Starting salary is $10.50 per hour with a 5% increase every 6 months until training is complete and journeyman status is achieved.
In addition, apprentice program participants receive full employee-paid benefits the first day of employment. Training remediation and support services will be provided to workers, who successfully complete the initial training.
This is a great opportunity for our community. We are inviting other organizations to join the Alliance, such as Housing Authorities, the Elks, Community Action Agencies, and faith-based, social and civic organizations. Strategic Systems is inviting you to be a part of this effort and join our participants from your community.
Meridian Housing Authority Residents are encouraged to attend the Workforce Development Job Fair to be held: Saturday, November 9, 2013
9:00am-11:00am
Mt.Olive Missionary Baptist Church-Family Life Center
544 James Chaney Drive
Meridian, Mississippi
We look forward to working with all organizations in ensuring that your constituents/ members are included in this wonderful opportunity. If you need additional information you may contact me at 228-297-4400.
Reverend Eric Dickey
