MTA Okays CSA as a Preferred Training Provider
Wednesday, February 12, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The Community
Services Agency has been accepted as a
preferred training provider by the Maryland
Transit Administration (MTA), joining the
apprenticeship programs of Plumbers and
Pipefitters UA Local 5, Iron Workers Local 5,
Mid-Atlantic Carpenters Training Centers, and
Steamfitters UA 602 approved in the first round
for the Purple Line Project. The Economic
Empowerment Program Office of MTA will be
overseeing workforce development programs with
an eye to boosting hiring and training of
Maryland residents for these jobs once the
project comes on-line. The Baltimore Red Line
is also part of this program. “We are
really looking forward to working with MTA and
the other employer, non-profit and union
partners on this project,” said CSA Executive
Director Kathleen McKirchy. “Through
our Building Futures program we have been able
to create a pipeline from the community into
apprenticeships and jobs in construction, and
we expect to continue providing ready-to-work
local workers for these jobs.”
photo of Building Futures student by
Sylvia
Casaro