[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3662]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    TRIBUTE TO INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKFORCE PROFESSIONALS

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 14, 2013

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
professional organization that is celebrating its 100th anniversary 
this year. The International Association of Workforce Professionals 
(IAWP) is dedicated to developing our global workforce through 
education, research, legislative action and international networking. I 
applaud their efforts and join with them in celebrating this centennial 
milestone.
  IAWP was founded in 1913 in Chicago by W.M. Leiserson, who was the 
Superintendent of Wisconsin Employment Offices. He brought together 
professionals working in public and private workforce development 
programs to form a non-profit educational association. Its mission 
remains as it has been from the beginning to ``develop professionals 
for today and tomorrow.''
  Since its founding, IAWP has consistently worked to uphold the 
founding principles; to provide members with education, leadership 
opportunities, information exchange and recognition of excellence in 
the workforce development field.
  The members of this organization have provided a plethora of services 
to millions of American workers, including new entrants, unemployed and 
employed by providing job placement assistance, training or retraining, 
career information, intensive services to dislocated workers, 
unemployment insurance benefits and disaster unemployment benefits, 
youth training opportunities such as job corps and summer jobs, trade 
act adjustment payments and training, counseling, veterans placement 
and training services, on the job training contracts, job analysis, 
recruitment, rapid response team for large layoffs, assistance to 
disabled workers, labor market and career services and administrative 
support to the workforce system.
  In this global economy, I am pleased to see IAWP working across 
borders to ensure that the professionals of tomorrow are prepared both 
in the United States and abroad. The organization has members from many 
other countries who attend their conferences and contribute information 
to their publications providing a forum to broaden the discussion of 
and insight into workforce issues. The IAWP has held international 
conferences, chapter and district conferences and institutes to provide 
training and networking opportunities. The organization also publishes 
an informative newsletter to keep members informed of issues related to 
workforce development and education materials.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and our colleagues to join me in commemorating 
the 100th anniversary of the International Association of Workforce 
Professionals. This organization has provided tremendous guidance and 
support to its members throughout its long history. It is my hope that 
IAWP continues its good work for another century and beyond.

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