The California Workforce Development Board's High Road Training Partnerships (HRTPs) aim to address critical issues of equity, job quality, worker voice, industry efficiency, and environmental sustainability. These industry-based, worker-focused training partnerships are designed to build skills for high road employers, which are firms that compete based on quality of product and public entities that provide a high level of service through innovation and investment in human capital. Worker voice is essential for the successful development of HRTPs, as it allows workers to have agency and voice in their jobs. The HRTPs in this initiative demonstrate how the sector approach championed by the CWDB can be implemented, with each partnership looking different on the ground but all convened by intermediaries that engage both employer and worker representatives. While there is no one-size-fits-all method to the work itself, collectively their efforts provide valuable insights from the field for how to operate on the high road.
