How the shipyards planned to meet wartime needs, with smarter labor and training
This book presents the New England Shipbuilding Conference as a practical effort to align managers, workers, and public agencies. It explains how to organize labor, recruit effectively, and train skilled trades under national emergency conditions. The goal is a stable, fair system that keeps ships and the war effort moving.
- Learn how public employment offices and state agencies can support shipyards with steady labor supply.
- See why centralized, well-managed employment and training programs matter to both workers and managers.
- Discover proposed steps for standardizing wages, coordinating hiring, and building a stronger skilled workforce.
- Understand how collaboration between industry, government, and labor can reduce job chaos and boost productivity.
Ideal for readers of historical industry reports and anyone curious about wartime shipbuilding logistics and labor policy.