An experimental and demonstration project was conducted over a five-year period in California to test the concept of lay-off time training to enable workers to qualify for promotion and increase their earnings. The canning industry was found to be a suitable area for this type of training since it had annual lay-offs followed by assured recalls to work and was feeling affirmative action pressures. The project's final efforts (after two years of discouraging experiences) in the canning industry were quite successful and included the following benefits: (1) extensive changes in the knowledge and attitudes of working women toward advancement and employment; (2) the job status of women improved; (3) both the companies and the union learned about the operation of their labor market; (4) the affirmative action process was accelerated; (5) the industry developed internal training programs; and (6) the public schools developed adult basic education for the cannery workers. Also, the project's training program was included in a U.S. Court approved Equal Employment Opportunity agreement for the industry. (ELG)