Equity/Diversity/Inclusion

Latine-owned and operated construction companies and entrepreneurs in Southwest Washington will soon have access to additional resources to help support and grow their businesses.  Workforce [...]

Since the last State of the Workforce Report was released in 2018, the Portland-Southwest Washington region has seen significant changes. The COVID-19 pandemic brought on historically high [...]

The celebration of Pacific/Asian American Heritage at the government level first began in 1977 when U.S. representatives Norman Y. Mineta and Frank Horton launched legislation to create [...]

Historically, women in the workforce have faced disparities in employment, wages and leadership attainment. The COVID-19 pandemic of the past two years has exacerbated these preexisting [...]

Nationally, Black workers and other people of color face wage and employment disparities. Southwest Washington’s workforce reflects these national trends, with Black workers falling behind in [...]

In early 2022, WSW will launch a new pilot to improve access to workforce system services for individuals and businesses along the Fourth Plain corridor. Also known as the International District, [...]

Banfield Pet Hospital is committed to fostering a culture where Associates have a sense of belonging and are empowered to impact change through their collective ideas and voices. Banfield started [...]

October celebrates the 76th National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Led by the U.S. Department of Labor, the month’s purpose is to provide education on disability employment issues and [...]

Economic mobility: the core of the American Dream.  It is the foundational promise of the nation: through effort and moxie, anyone can prosper. Thanks to a wide array of excellent publications [...]

To Our Community and Partners, As these last several months have shown, Workforce Southwest Washington (WSW) has a tremendous amount of work to do to ensure each person in our community has [...]