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News!Driver Owned Cooperative Gives Cabbies A Stake In Success
be formed and free drivers to affiliate with the company of their choice. “Customers can finally get great service! Alexandria's taxi monopoly has been broken,” explains Syed Hussain, Alexandria Union Cab's President. “We're proud owners of our own company and will provide outstanding service.”
The business is cooperatively owned and democratically controlled by each of its member- shareholders. With 140 member drivers, Alexandria Union Cab has become the city's second largest taxi company overnight. While the company and its distinctive charcoal gray color scheme are new, the drivers and dispatchers bring years of experience to the enterprise. "Every driver is literally invested in the success of Alexandria Union Cab," explains Abbassali Abousaidi, a member of the company's oversight committee. "It's good news for taxi passengers and the drivers."
Alternative Staffing Alliance LaunchedBoston MA, January, 2007 -- The ICA Group is pleased to announce the launch of the Alternative Staffing Alliance, a national association dedicated to supporting the efforts of groups nationwide who use a fee-based staffing services model to help individuals with barriers to employment find and retain work. With funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Alliance is poised to serve as a dynamic network for social-purpose staffing practitioners and others interested in this growing sector. The Alliance will be a source of
practical tools and resources, along with peer learning opportunities,
to strengthen the field of practice and promote the alternative staffing
model. It will also serve as the voice of the sector,
communicating practitioners' distinctive worker-focused approach and the
market-based advantages of this transitional jobs strategy. For more
information about the Alliance please visit FirstSource Staffing Selected For National Alternative Staffing Demonstration Project
Brooklyn NY, December 19, 2005 -- FirstSource Staffing has been selected to participate in an Alternative Staffing Demonstration Project sponsored by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The purpose of the project is to measure outcomes of alternative staffing programs for low-income job seekers and their employers. As part of the Project, FirstSource is receiving a $125,000 grant which will enable FirstSource to expand its capacity to provide pre and post placement employment supports to low-income workers. FirstSource is one of four social-purpose staffing companies nationwide to to participate in the Project. "This grant is an important milestone for FirstSource," said FirstSource President Benjamin Thomases. "After years of growth, it's both recognition of everything we've accomplished thus far and an opportunity to accelerate our expansion and development." "FirstSource was chosen to participate in this important project because of its past performance and its growth potential. We are confident that they will continue to expand services for both employers and job seekers," said Neal Hegarty, the Mott program officer overseeing the Foundation's support of the Project. Founded in 1998, FirstSource Staffing is New York City's only social purpose staffing company providing temporary placement, direct placement, and convertible temp-to-permanent arrangements. FirstSource Staffing provides companies with a socially responsible alternative to typical employment agencies while provindg FirstSource associates with a ladder of opportunities that challenge them to improve their skills and advance their careers. FirstSource was developed by The ICA Group in partnership with the Fifth Avenue Committee, a community-based, non-profit in Brooklyn.
ICA and Jobs For The Future Collaborate on Low Skill Employment ResearchBoston MA, September, 2005 -- Stable jobs that pay a family sustaining wage and do not require a college degree are increasingly hard to find. Low-income workers, and organizations seeking to assist them, need help identifying appropriate occupations that are expanding and accessible. ICA executive director Newell Lessell recently co-authored a guide with Jobs For The Future entitled The Right Jobs: Identifying Career Advancement Opportunities for Low-Skilled Workers a landmark new report that pinpoints 16 specific occupations that have the promise to lift thousands of Americans out of poverty into the middle class. The Right Jobs is designed as a guide for workforce development practitioners and presents a systematic approach to evaluating occupations in terms of earnings, advancement potential, and accessibility. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics The Right Jobs applies a series of screens that yields a list of 16 occupations that collectively are projected to offer more than 700,000 new job opportunities per year. These positions are realistic goals for people who have yet to earn a college degree and offer decent pay and opportunity for advancement.
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