Posts tagged Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs
Op-Ed: Greszler: Harris, Walz policy records undermine pro-worker rhetoric
August 23, 2024 // the Biden-Harris Administration is also picking winners and losers among blue-collar workers. Its regulations governing wages and labor agreements on government contracts are disastrous. They almost exclude non-union workers from federal contract jobs, including 89% of construction workers who aren’t unionized; force many workers who perform federal contract jobs into unions, including requiring them to pay into union pensions they’ll never receive. Not only that, but despite the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to empower and unionize more workers, the unionization rate hit a new record low of 10% in 2023 (6% among the private sector), and the gap between union and non-union wages also hit a record low. That’s because union wages increased 6.4 percentage points less than non-union wages between 2019 and 2023. For Walz’s part, he’s signed a slew of labor laws ostensibly aimed at helping workers, but by driving up the costs and legal liabilities of employing people in Minnesota, they have instead hamstrung job growth in the state.
LINDA MCMAHON: Here’s What A New Congress Should Do To Help America’s Small Businesses
November 14, 2022 // Unfortunately, the Biden administration announced last month that they would be ending Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs due to strong pressure from labor unions. These America First programs, which came from a 2017 “Expanding Apprenticeships in America” executive order, provide individuals with opportunities to obtain relevant workplace knowledge and skills through public-private partnerships with third-party employers.