Posted on 07/19/2018 5:36:52 PM PDT by markomalley
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a workforce initiative to establish apprenticeships with U.S. companies and on-the-job training for American workers.
“I will be signing an executive order to establish the National Council for the American Worker. That's a first. This Council will be made up of top officials across the government. We're also establishing an outside advisory board of industry leaders and experts, which we will announce in the coming weeks, very shortly. A lot of people want to be on that board very badly. I have some great people going on that board,” he said.
“Together, their task will be to develop a national workforce and strategy to equip Americans of all ages and at all stages of their career with the skills they need to thrive in the modern economy. Whether it’s a high school student looking to land their first job -- first job ever,” the president said.
“They've got a lot of enthusiasm, and they lose that enthusiasm when they don't land that job, but now they're all landing jobs. Or a late-career worker who wants to learn a new trade, we want every American to have the chance to earn a great living doing a great job that they love, where they wake up in the morning and they can't get to work fast enough. A lot of these people know that feeling. That's why they're in the position they're in,” he said.
“In that spirit, I'm proud to announce an exciting new challenge and the beginning of a new national movement. We're asking businesses and organizations across the country to sign our new pledge to America’s workers,” Trump said.
“Today, 23 companies and associations are pledging to expand apprenticeships. That's an interesting word for me to be saying, right? ‘The Apprentice.’ I never actually put that together until just now. That was a good experience, I will tell you that. Isn't that strange? Ivanka, I never associated -- but here we are. Can't get away from that word. That's a great word for on the job training and vocational education,” he said.
On hand were executives from the following companies: Aerospace Industries Association, American Hotel and Lodging Association, American Trucking Associations, Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated General Contractors of America, FedEx, Foxconn, General Motors, Home Depot, IBM, Internet Association, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, National Association of Homebuilders, National Restaurant Association, National Retail Federation, North America's Building Trades Unions, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Society for Human Resource Management, Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance, UPS, and Wal-Mart.
Altogether, they committed to training more than 3.8 million students and workers for new careers, the president said.
“This is only day one, and we far exceeded our initial goal of 500,000 students and workers. We thought it was going to be 500,000, and it's close to 4 million. And by the time the day ends, it will probably be well over 4 million,” Trump said. “In the days and months ahead, we hope that hundreds of companies and organizations will join us in this effort.”
The president touted the economic success of his administration thus far, including the creation of 3.7 million jobs since the 2016 election.
“In the month of June alone, we grew the workforce by more than 600,000 workers,” he said.
“We're in the longest positive job growth streak in American history. African American unemployment has reached its lowest level in American history. Hispanic unemployment is at its lowest level in American history. Asian unemployment has reached its lowest level in American history,” Trump said.
Even women’s unemployment is at its lowest level in 65 years, he said. “But within about two weeks, I think we'll be able to say ‘in American history,’ because it's moving quickly.”
Trump said his administration has already lifted “forgotten Americans” like ex-cons, “off the sidelines, out of the margins, and back into the workforce.”
“We are giving a second chance at life to the 620,000 former inmates who reenter society each year. There's nothing like a great, great jobs market to take care of that situation. It's incredible what's happened with people that were in prison that, previous to this, could not get themselves a job, and now they're being hired, and people are loving them. It's been really incredible to see,” he said.
but, but,...the media wants to focus on Russia
I caught this in the middle, I’m hoping they videoed the whole think. It looked wonderful.
Glad someone is doing something about the training gap.
If you've never heard of the camps,, google has a lot to offer.
My dad and his brother both joined and said it was a great experience.
IIRC, they got to meet/see Roosevelt.
Complaining will start in 3,,2,,1
“... U.S. companies and on-the-job training for American workers...”
What’s the key word here, folks???
American!!!!!!!!
Apprenticeships are critical. So many people waste thousands on education or spend years working dead-end jobs, when they could be spending that time and money acquiring marketable skills, not to mention building their finances.
I thought the democrats were “for the people”?
Weird.
The economy is revving up, these companies got a permanent tax cut, why is government involvement necessary, much less stemming from an Executive Order?
Or is this mostly to give employment to those who have paid their debt to society that companies would not otherwise take a chance on?
Kim Kardashian and Ivanka Trump.
You forgot the sotto voce Republic in that motto (i.e., for the people's republic)
Our summer hire here at the farm is starting to show pride in his work. It is a start. I’m a bit encouraged.
I have to remember what I have said before about people rising to your expectations of them. Small steps.
Opportunity, high expectations, encouragement and knowing when not to waste good time on bad material.
Fox Decided to cut coverage right in the middle of it so they they could go to Sheps spot when shep wasn’t even there they opted out for the cop out
“Complaining will start in 3,,2,,1”
Yeah, like me.
You don’t see anything wrong with the government leviathan sticking their nose in private enterprise? An EO to hire ex convicts? You know companies will not do that without significant tax incentives and maybe preferential treatment when the Feds are in the market to buy something.
This may ‘work’ to some extent while President Trump is in office, but what about after that?
This will be a textbook example of the road to hell being paved with good intentions.
The left absolutely does NOT want problems solved. Good news for America is bad news for the left. How sick is that?
How do I get on board and be a mentor of this. I’d love to be a teacher of a trade.
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