Bravo. As the Labor Department notes, "nine in 10 Americans who complete apprentice training land a job, and their average starting salary is $60,000 a year".
Flanked by workers now in apprenticeship programs and governors supporting the administration's efforts, Mr. Trump signed the order, ignoring reporters' shouted questions about whether he was under investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
"While President Trump is signing an executive order pledging to support apprenticeship programs, the reality is that his 2018 budget will undermine our public workforce system". The order also proposes to double the amount of money designated for apprenticeship grants from $90 million to almost $200 million per year.
"Apprenticeships are among the surest pathways to provide American workers from all backgrounds with the skills and knowledge they need to acquire good-paying jobs and grow the economy", the Obama administration said in a news release at the time. "We have regulations on top of regulations", Trump added.
"We're empowering companies, unions, industry groups and federal agencies to go out and create new opportunities for millions of citizens".
Trump said there are millions of jobs that do not require a four-year degree or the massive debt that often comes with those degrees.
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But Trump's 2018 budget - which Congress is unlikely to pass in full form - would reduce funding for job training programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law in 2014, by 39%, shifting the majority of responsibility of states and employers.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. To offer apprenticeships, companies now have to register with the Labor Department and adhere to specific government guidelines.
So-called industry-certified apprenticeship programs would undermine quality apprenticeshipsUndermines the definition of apprenticeship. "The Foundation has already begun working with the industry to develop and implement an apprenticeship program that provides the skills and training needed for career advancement across multiple management positions", stated Rob Gifford, Executive Vice President, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.
To achieve that goal, his administration would need to increase the current number of active apprenticeships in the USA nearly 10-fold - from 505,371 in the last quarter of 2016, according to the Department of Labor - in just five years. It is unclear from the order whether those standards would be the existing federal standards, or new standards developed by the third party or by the DOL. "He says he cares about workers, but in fact his budget actually takes away money and resources from the very program that train manufacturing workers, nurses, the programs that support our small businesses and that create and spur economic growth, especially in our small communities".
Trump will speak about the initiative from the White House at 11 a.m.
The Trump administration has said there is a need that can be met with a change in the American attitude towards vocational education and apprenticeships. The executive order deals with the nation's "skills gap" that have left millions of open jobs unfilled.
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