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Raymond L. Bramucci, a former commissioner of the New Jersey Department
of Labor who also has had extensive congressional, academic and union
experience dealing with workplace issues, has been sworn in as Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training by Secretary of Labor Alexis M.
Herman.
"Mr. Bramucci brings a wealth of talent and experience to his new
position," Secretary Herman said. "As the head of the Labor Department's
Employment and Training Administration, he will be a leading player in this
Administration's ongoing efforts to help Americans find rewarding and well-paid
first jobs, new jobs and better jobs."
Prior to his nomination by President Bill Clinton and confirmation by
the Senate, Bramucci was executive director of the Seton Hall University
Institute on Work, a nonprofit organization advocating workplace equity, and
served as an arbitrator on the New Jersey Board of Mediation. He was also a
special advisor to the president of Montclair State University and an adjunct
professor of political science at Rutgers University.
Bramucci served as commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor
from 1990 to 1994, where he was a principal advisor to the governor, heading an
agency with 4,000 employees and a $375 million operating budget. From 1979 to
1990, he was director of New Jersey operations for Sen. Bill Bradley, managing
his state offices and statewide staff. Bramucci spent 22 years with the
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, from 1957 to 1979, rising to become
a senior executive with the union. He was born in Ludlow, Mass., and began his
career working in various factory jobs in western Massachusetts.
Bramucci, who has made implementation of the historic job-training
reform legislation a top priority, said: "The broad-based, bipartisan coalition
in the Congress that just passed the Workforce Investment Act gives us an
unprecedented opportunity to reconfigure and make more efficient all of the
services that government provides to Americans who are working, out of work,
seeking work or attempting to acquire new skills. Our goal is to assist
American workers to obtain and maintain work that enables them to support
themselves and their families."
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) oversees programs
relating to employment services, job training and unemployment insurance. The
mission of the agency, which has an annual budget of $11.5 billion, is to
contribute to the more efficient and effective functioning of America's labor
market by providing high-quality employment and training services primarily
through state and local workforce development systems. The assistant secretary
for employment and training is responsible for ensuring that programs funded
through the agency are free from unlawful discrimination, fraud and abuse and
for ensuring compliance with constitutional, statutory and regulatory
provisions.
On Aug. 7, one day after Bramucci was sworn in, President Clinton
signed into law the Workforce Investment Act. The Employment and Training
Administration will play a major role in implementing the Act's goals of
streamlining job training programs and providing grants to help individuals
gain new job skills. ETA also administers the two-year, $3-billion
welfare-to-work program, is initiating reforms to the Unemployment Insurance
program and expanding youth training initiatives.
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