The Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development will advocate for a number of state bills this legislative session that support economic mobility, education, and worker protection. These include: An Act Creating a Maximum Allowable Check-Cashing RateMassachusetts is one of only eight
Liziana Borges thought she was making a fresh start. Last February, after a layoff from her retail job, she enrolled in a Certified Nursing Assistant course – a decisive step toward her dream of working in healthcare. But the pandemic
The Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) distributed more than $15 million from July 2019 – June 2020 to 88 organizations that serve Boston’s workers, according to the newly released Fiscal Year 2020 annual report, Boston’s Workforce Recovery: Resilience and Racial