of the country via the immigrant workers. Keep the money here.
Posted on 07/19/2018 6:18:17 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
- 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.
Good. There’s a lot of young males that are being told “if you don’t go to college, you’ve got no future.”
There needs to be a path for tradesmen to grab them and say, “If you graduate high school, there’s a great job waiting for you.”|
Winning!
Well, hopefully this will be something that continues for decades to come.
Skills gap about to be closed.
College costs are about to come down.
Many are not being allowed into college in the first place, and they’re more likely to drop out because of systematic discrimination that awards women with more funding, period.
THIS IS WONDERFUL. It’s about time.
PUBBIES are also getting laws past so 18 year olds can do long haul trucking!!! I am THRILLED by these decisions these jobs pay GREAT money and it gets these kids OUT of the Marxist universities!!! These kids will be making GREAT money right out of the gate AND no huge debt for a USELESS education!!!
The economy is revving up, these companies got a permanent tax cut, why is government involvement necessary, much less stemming from an Executive Order?
I think we know who pays the freight on this one.
Seems that this is mostly to give employment to those who have paid their debt to society that companies would not otherwise take a chance on. Isn’t that affirmative action by a different name?
Kim Kardashian and Ivanka Trump.
Federal government programs to promote employment have tended to be boondoggles, but I hope this works out. It’s within the realm of possibility.
I lived in Europe for a long time. In Switzerland everyone working has been so well trained, tested, and has a diploma. I have wanted for years to have these programs for young people here. Very happy to see this. College is only good for a very few actual careers. Learning from the experts in your desired field is what most people need and can profit from. The business owner gets free or cheap labor and gets to feel important by sharing their skills and knowledge.
“College costs about to come down”
Nice catch. Let’s hope so. Another reason why the “Academy” has been at the forefront of Trump animus. They mighta maybe hadda hunch he would, over time, have a deleterious effect on their long-established hegemony..
Apprenticeship is one of the positives in Europe, literally no one is without a useful skill. This is such a positive for young kids! It’s worth the investment.
They should have Mike Rowe on speed dial...
when I was in H.S. we had college prep program and a vocational program.
They had auto shop wood shop, electrical welding , foundry, machine shop and drafting. each student no matter their cirriculum were required to take some shop classes. That included the art students too.
That is all gone. The school is just college prep. Big mistake.
Back this by ending work visas and deporting illegal aliens.
Well, the HS I work at has auto shop, Ag., construction, etc. The only problem is that teacher certification in those fields is difficult and so the availability of teachers is sparse.
Put a 5% tax on remittances to Mexico and the wall gets paid.
Not just a job or career, but many of the trades can lead to owning their own business. Plumbers, electricians, ETC. can realistically end up with their own company if they work hard. That is what the USA is supposed to be all about! MAGA Winning!
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