Allison Forbes

Scholar-practitioner seeking to fill info gaps that limit regional economic competitiveness

[C R E C @CRECnet]

This report is crucial for tracking credentials across various education and training systems in Alabama. This is @credengine's first state-level report following a national credential count that found more than 1M credentials in the U.S. https://t.co/yjvDE8xLpc

[C R E C @CRECnet]

DC leaders can realize data as a strategic asset and build data capabilities

CREC staff, Allison Forbes, testifies in support of education and employment data systems in DC. Read the full testimony.
https://t.co/p4WqhXrije

[CURS at UNC @UNCCURS]

Big business tax breaks may worsen income inequality.
CURS Faculty Fellow & @DCRPcarolina Associate Professor T. William Lester talks to @GOVERNING about tax increment financing and tax incentives.

[Keith Ellison @keithellison]

27 of US's biggest businesses have already spent about $100 billion buying back stocks from shareholders in 2018, showing new Republican tax law is primarily benefiting wealthy https://t.co/ZoiWJdlPvY

[IBEW @IBEW]

Her ticket to a life she loves: An #IBEW apprenticeship https://t.co/eRWAo3RdSd

[Jobs With Justice @jwjnational]

California’s #paidleave policies for men and women relieves some of the financial pressures on working families across the state. https://t.co/rhAcndZ1Jf

[Sierra Club @SierraClub]

Hooray! The #Olympics are back! We give this duck a gold medal for best ice landing. https://t.co/xbLWcSOwM6

[Allison Forbes @allisonfo]

@TBillTheProf Interesting call for employers to go beyond short term wage hikes: one large retailer allows workers to generate wealth when the company succeeds and save for retirement

[T. William Lester @TBillTheProf]

Highlights the idea that there are a variety of employment practices available in the labor market.… https://t.co/hvMZ4PnrYq

[Allison Forbes @allisonfo]

No real democracy could survive it, because there can be no equal dignity and opportunity while the richest nation in history crushes the life prospects of so many of its kids. -Gene Nichol, following UN report on US poverty and inequality https://t.co/ZBZobQGx9d

[Allison Forbes @allisonfo]

NC congressional districts struck down as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders - News & Observer. Gerrymandering has got to go! https://t.co/H2cThANFMY

[Allison Forbes @allisonfo]

NC loses out on Toyota plant in spite of impressive auto supply network. unclear these types of industrial recruitment deals deliver strong ROI but sad to see Toyota miss out on NC location! Their loss. https://t.co/Rmag5AbC0K

[Gillian B. White @gillianbwhite]

6.8 percent unemployment may be a historic low for black Americans (an achievement years in the making), but it's very high by most any measure & not a level that would considered acceptable, let alone laudable, for almost any other group: https://t.co/JNohwPkYW9

[Riley Abbott @rileyabbott]

Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees https://t.co/3OEdG6cVKb

[Working America @WorkingAmerica]

WH claims dreamers take jobs away from Black & Latinx workers. Here’s the truth. (This isn't happening) #DefendDACA https://t.co/k0fCTm0DmF

[Tabatha Southey 🇨🇦 @TabathaSouthey]

Remember that time LGBTQ people got together and plunged America into bloody civil war so they could own straight people as property? https://t.co/JTlKJGzIeC

[Richard Trumka @RichardTrumka]

I cannot sit on a council for a President that tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism; I resign, effective immediately.

[Scott Paul @ScottPaulAAM]

I'm resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative because it's the right thing for me to do.

[Layna Mosley @LaynaMosley]

Confederate monuments: intimidation, not commemoration. https://t.co/dQ8xRSes4K