LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump next week will make expansion of apprenticeship programs the center of his labor policy, aimed at filling a record level of open jobs and drawing back Americans who have left the workforce.
Apprenticeships are an underused form of workforce training in the U.S. compared with European countries and have a proven record of good outcomes for workers, administration officials said. Nine in 10 Americans who complete apprentice training land a job, and their average starting salary is $60,000 a year, according to the Labor Department.
The administration is committed to ‘supporting working families and creating a pathway for them to have robust and successful careers,’ Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and assistant, said Friday [6-9-17]. ‘There has been great focus on four-year higher education, and in reality, that is not the right path for everyone.’ “
-Eric Morath, “You’re Hired: Trump Plans to Build U.S. Workforce With Apprenticeships,” The Wall Street Journal online, June 10, 2017 02:00pm