Dr. Biden and I just visited DG Medical in Centerville, Ohio, to hear about the incredible BioOhio Workforce development partnership that is helping community colleges like Sinclair Community College prepare Ohioans for jobs in the growing biomedical manufacturing industry.
Sinclair is working with former GM/Delphi employees and other dislocated workers to get retraining to perform jobs making medical devices and life-saving drugs. They are part of a BioOhio partnership that has brought together industry leaders and six Ohio community colleges to match workforce needs with course offerings.
The ambitious goal is to graduate 700 Ohioans and place them in biosciences jobs as clean technicians, shipping clerks, packaging experts, manufacturing technicians and test engineers. More than half of existing program graduates already have found good-paying jobs in this field. Also, incumbent workers are being trained to move up the career ladder to become team leaders and front-line supervisors.
Watching this unique partnership at work illustrates why health care industry job growth continues to help drive our recovery forward.
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Ms Solis,What about training these new bio workers about what to expect if they find safety problems in this field of work and decide to contact DOL?
I do believe there have been some high profile cases of whistleblowers exposing bio plants that really were retaliated for protected activity.
I think this would be helpful for them to understand that it’s better to look the other way if they uncover safety concerns right?
DOL should explain to them it does not matter how much evidence you provide of how there employer has put workers or the public in.
DOL should explain it does not matter how much evidence of retaliation for protected activity you have.
DOL should explain it does not matter if you provide pictures of the violations.
I mean really Ms Solis,There are a lot of these bio medical plants in my state of new jersey where i live with my wife and children so why would i be worried about DOL whistleblower protection?
But then again im losing my home to foreclosure after becoming a whistleblower with OSHA but what do you care Ms Solis right?
Gregg S
PROUD NAVY DAD
Because we have rights,governments are bound to protect them
-Hilary Clinton
Remember that phrase Ms Solis?
Your repeated that statement in your remarks on 2/26/12.
So will you protect the rights of these bio-workers if they become whistleblowers?
I really think protecting them would be a good idea with the serious safety concerns with biological medical drugs.
( GOT MERIT ? )