明天的底特律轻量级创新（电梯）加入了一个新的全国组织，希望能够为制造业提供更加种族包容的未来。作为行业的一部分和纳入4.0队列，电梯将与本世纪的基金会（TCF），城市制造联盟（UMA）和其他团体合作，以开发基于凭证的培训计划，并创造深化雇主与社区之间的关系。

“我们很高兴地代表了密歇根州地区的东南部，我们的制造商，制造业创新机构和更广泛的社区，”电梯的首席执行官奈杰尔·弗朗西斯表示，奈杰尔·弗朗西斯说。“重要的是，我们确保种族股权如何在我们在这里和全国各地的制造业中建立未来。

“我们渴望分享我们的专业知识，并从其他组织中学到如何最好的招聘，培训和确保制造业人士的成功，”弗朗西斯笔记。“该联盟以各方为美国制造业和全国的关键时间推出努力。

“With unemployment rates at record levels, especially for Black and Latino workers, and a renewed focus on addressing systemic racism throughout our society—including employment— U.S. manufacturing’s rebirth presents a critical opportunity to open the sector’s good-paying jobs to more workers of color,” claims Francis.

“我们正在看到三个历史趋势立即融合，”TCF高级研究员和联盟的组织者之一Andrew Stettner Ad Andrew Stettner。“Covid-19大流行加速了熟练制造工人的需求，以应对危机，并强调了雇主侧重，基于证书的培训的重要性。

“由此产生的经济衰退创造了历史的失业水平，留下了一半的黑人工人，没有工作，”斯特纳解释道。“而且，在种族不平等上估算的漫长逾期已经强调了迫切需要改善对付出良好工作并提供良好福利的工作的迫切需要。斯特纳说：“我们的联盟将在这些趋势的交叉口工作，以帮助塑造更具包容性的未来，”Stettner说。

“The manufacturing sector’s long legacy of creating jobs that offer pathways to the middle class for millions of American families will be crucial to a thriving 21st century economy that works for everyone,” adds Lee Wellington, executive director of UMA and co-organizer of the coalition.

“To build a manufacturing sector that’s advancing equity in our communities, we need to dig deeply into the ecosystems that our place-based workforce partners have cultivated, whether it be with public schools, credentialing programs, faith-informed organizations, industry partners or other community-based groups,” Stettner points out. “We will lean into partnerships that have been forged and partnerships that have not yet been built to create a more inclusive and resilient manufacturing sector.”