This category covers a wide spectrum of resources. Here you’ll find everything from trade associations and industry councils to labor unions and workforce investment boards. You’ll also find lobbying/advocacy organizations, standards bodies, research organizations and manufacturing-related consortia.
The Oregon Manufacturing Workforce Strategy is part of the Oregon Workforce Investment Board's strategic plan and its cluster approach to workforce and economic development. It is funded with resources from the Governor's Employer Workforce Training Fund.
WWPA, based in Portland, Ore., represents lumber manufacturers in the 12 Western states and Alaska and provides a variety of business services to sawmills producing softwood lumber.