Randy Loomans
WIA Labor Liaison 

Along with fellow WIA Labor Liaison Jim Tusler, Randy is responsible for performing what are called "rapid response" activities -- including outreach to inform dislocated workers about the employment and training services available through the Workforce Investment Act (formerly known as the Job Training Partnership Act); rapid response to plant closure and downsizing events in coordination with the state Employment Security Department; technical assistance in forming labor-management committees to deal with such events; and generally representing the interests of dislocated workers in employment and training planning. In addition, given advance notice of a pre-layoff situation, Randy and Jim work with interested principals in exploring options to prevent plant closure.

Prior to this assignment, Randy served as Education and Safety Director, the WSLC's point person on education, training, safety and apprenticeship issues. She was on the WSLC's legislative lobbying team on issues involving workplace safety, apprenticeship, family leave and outsourcing. Prior to that, Randy was the WSLC's Labor Liaison for School-to-Work, representing labor's interests in Washington state's federal grant designed to help students make the transition to productive, rewarding worklives. 

Before joining the WSLC, she was a construction trades instructor at Renton Technical College for the ANEW Program (Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Employment for Women). In this program, women are given the training and skills necessary to find (and keep) work in the male-dominated construction trades. Randy began her career in the trades with an apprenticeship with the Ironworkers (1982-1985), and worked 11 continuous years in construction.

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