Posts tagged apprentices
President Trump Takes Real Action to Promote Jobs in the Skilled Trades
May 11, 2025 // President Trump has directed the Departments of Education, Labor, and Commerce to develop a plan to surpass one million new active registered apprentices. Agency heads are directed to identify opportunities to expand registered apprenticeships in new industries and to prioritize program efficiency and consistency. Agency heads are further directed to identity opportunities to enhance connections between America’s colleges and universities and apprenticeship programs through federal career and technical education (Perkins V) grants and student aid.
There’s a huge pay raise on the way for clean energy workers
December 9, 2024 // To qualify, projects have to hire registered apprentices, who are paid for their work and earn credentials while doing it, and pay the prevailing wage to their workers, a level of minimum pay generally set for workers on government contracts. While prevailing wage has "long applied" to federal projects, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, this is the first time it's been applied to clean energy tax incentives.
In swing states that once went for Trump, unions organize to prevent a repeat
October 1, 2024 // This year, UNITE HERE says it is once again mobilizing its members and plans to knock on more than 3 million doors in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and Michigan “to ensure that Kamala Harris wins the presidency.” In Wisconsin, the Laborers are building political messaging into a union project to engage members more closely, “connecting union members with other union members,” Miller said, to explain how negotiations affect wages and health and retirement benefits, as well as the importance of increasing union representation.