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Suzanne Morse
Associate Director
O'Neill and Associates
31 New Chardon Street
Boston, MA 02114
phone: 617.646.1020
fax: 617.646.1290
email: smorse@oneillandassoc.com
ARTICLES, EDITORIALS, AND OP-EDS
BETTER HELP WANTED: Boston
Globe, April 15, 2008 (PDF)
BAY
STATE JOBS PROGRAM GOES NATIONAL WITH $50 MILLION FUND: Boston
Business Journal, September 7, 2007 (PDF)
SKILLWORKS
RECEIVES FUNDING FROM NEWLY LAUNCHED NATIONAL FUND FOR WORKFORCE
SOLUTIONS: September 6, 2007
FROM
HELPLESS TO HEARTENING: Boston Globe, September 6, 2007
HELP
WANTED? WORK NEEDED? 2M TO THE RESCUE: Boston Globe, August 5, 2007
JOBS
WITH A FUTURE: Boston Globe, July 11, 2007
REBUILDING
THE MASSACHUSETTS WORKFORCE: Boston Globe (Robert J. Haynes and William J.
Tinti), January 3, 2007
STUDY: YOUNG WORKERS LEAVING NEW ENGLAND: Mass High Tech Journal, July 7, 2006 (PDF)
6 GOV CANDIDATES SOUND OFF AT FORUM: The Gardner News, July 1-2, 2006 (PDF)
GOV CANDIDATES
GANG UP ON MITT'S JOB-TRAINING VETO: Boston Herald, June 30,
2006 (PDF)
REILLY
PRESSES FOR VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE BAN: The Boston Globe, June 30, 2006
ATTORNEY
GENERAL TOM REILLY SAID THURSDAY THAT STATE LEGISLATORS SHOULD VOTE: Boston
Globe, June 29, 2006
UNTAPPED
TALENT: New York Times (Bob Herbert), June 5, 2006
THE
MISSING LINK IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Boston Globe, March 7, 2006
CONNECTING
TO JOBS: Boston Globe Editorial, February 13, 2006
A COMMONWEALTH GROWING, BUT GROWING APART: Boston Business Journal (Andrew Sum & Don Gillis), October 21, 2005 (PDF)
DIMASI'S
STIMULUS STRATEGY: Boston Globe, August 2, 2005
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BILL: MetroWest Daily News, July 1, 2005 (PDF)
WORKFORCE
WORK: Boston Globe, June 13, 2005
A
STITCH IN TIME: Boston Globe, June 1, 2005
THE
COST OF THRIVING: Boston Globe Editorial, March 19, 2005
FILLING THE NEED FOR AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS: The Road Runner (Newsletter of the New England Tire & Service Association), March, 2005 (PDF)
FOCUS IS ON WORKER: Fourth of 9 Sessions Set: Worcester Telegram & Gazette, October 25, 2004 (PDF) FOUNDATION WINS OVERDONORS TO PAY FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS: Employment & Training Reporter, October 20, 2003 (PDF)
INVESTING IN LOW-INCOME WORKERS MAKES SENSE: Boston Business Journal (Thomas Menino & Paul Grogan), September 12, 2003 (PDF)
GROUP LAUNCHES TRAINING PROGRAM, Boston Herald, September 11, 2003 (PDF)
A
BOOST TO BETTER JOBS: Boston Globe, September 11, 2003
BOSTON
FOUNDATION KICKS OFF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Boston Globe, September 11,
2003
PRESS RELEASES:
CANDIDATES FORUM TO FOCUS ON SKILLS TRAINING. June 19, 2006.
BUILDING A 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE: A Forum on Jobs and Opportunity with the Candidates for Governor. May 25, 2006.
SKILLWORKS ANNOUNCES GRANT TO ABCD FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER INITIATIVE: Grant focuses on improving quality of care by investing in frontline workers. April 13, 2006
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCES $1.95 MILLION IN GRANTS: Workforce Development Initiative Ramps Up Effort to create new and better jobs: Boston, December 2, 2005
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY STUDY FINDS LITTLE PROGRESS SINCE 1990 in Moving Massachusetts Poor and Low-Income Families Toward Self-Sufficiency: Boston, MA, September 20, 2004
NEW NAME FOR PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE BOSTON for Workers and Employers: Boston, MA, September 7, 2004
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE APPROVES JOB TRAINING FUNDS: Veto Override Provides Funding to Train Up to 1,500 People for Better Jobs: Boston, MA, February 12, 2004
PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLABORATION ANNOUNCES OVER $5 MILLION IN GRANTS: Local and National Funders Join Efforts to Advance Workers to Better Jobs: Boston, MA, November 17, 2003
BOSTON'S LARGEST WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT LAUNCHED: Hailed as a National Model of Public/Private Collaboration: Boston, MA, September 10, 2003 |