Oct 21, 2024 | 2024, DOL Press
(Wethersfield, CT) – Today, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released the September 2024 jobs report showing the state’s unemployment rate fell for the sixth consecutive month and is now at 3.2%, 0.2% lower than August. Private...
Aug 28, 2024 | 2024, Jobs, Press, Social, Youth
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. Ned Lamont joined Labor Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo on Tuesday at the YWCA Hartford Region to shine a light on the growth of the Connecticut Youth Employment program. Lamont’s office said that the initiative was created to help young people...
Aug 28, 2024 | 2024, Jobs, Press, Youth
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — State leaders announced $876,000 in federal funding to train more than 100 young adults for infrastructure industries. Capital Workforce Partners’ On-ramps to Infrastructure (O2I) for Young Adults program will train 105 young adults in...
Aug 27, 2024 | 2024, All News, Press, Youth
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Labor Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo today held a news conference at the YWCA Hartford Region to highlight the growth of the Connecticut Youth Employment Program, an initiative designed to help young people explore careers and...
Aug 13, 2024 | Manufacturing, Social
Connecticut City’s Manufacturing Nicknames Connecticut boasts a rich manufacturing history, with many towns and cities once earning nicknames based on the products they produced for markets around the world. Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has evolved...
