TRSA recently agreed to join the National Association of Manufactur-ers (NAM). While there are many reasons why this decision was made—which you’ll hopefully be seeing shortly, especially in the public advocacy area—the NAM’s Center for Workforce Success (CWS, www.nam.org/workforce) has made great strides in researching and developing responses to the skills gap that TRSA members face as well.
 
The TRSA Board of Directors has identified workforce quality as a high-priority, long-range issue and membership in NAM will allow TRSA to work closely with CWS. This will provide an opportunity to learn what the manufacturing sector has already ...