Trade
Above All Else, Protect the American Worker
Be realistic (and honest) about the 21st century job market.
Provide significant transitional assistance to workers displaced by advances in technology and/or globalization.
Invest in high-tech American manufacturing – by looking forward, not backward!
Provide relevant, world-class workforce training programs.
Organize high-quality, highly accountable registered mentor and apprenticeship opportunities.
Offer all the necessary ingredients for a successful job search. Use technology to connect workers with jobs.
Fully support new small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Protect low‑income workers from monopsony and collusion.
Modernize labor laws through waivers from federal law to allow state experimentation.
Call on state and local governments to dismantle unjustified barriers to upward mobility caused by occupational licensing.
At high school graduation, be able to tackle higher education OR graduate with a marketable skill that can earn money the very next day.
Shift our focus from one-for-all education to a more personalized approach and redefine what “intelligence” means.