As the training administrator at Western Washington Sheet Metal Local 66, Jeff Reinhardt has seen many apprentices come and go. Over the years, he realized a common thread among many of those who ...

The U.S. still lags behind other nations concerning apprenticeships. But can it catch up? Around the U.S., companies are waking up to the ROI potential that such programs offer. While apprenticeships ...

Bemnet Bez, a teacher apprentice with the Center for Black Educator Development, works with a student at an elementary school in Camden, N.J. • Between lingering pandemic-era stress and retirements, ...

New COVID-19 restrictions are already affecting the craft worker pipeline, forcing many apprenticeship and training programs to be shuttered or severely limited. Programs are turning to online ...

Calling apprenticeships in high-skilled, high-tech fields a “ticket to the middle class,” U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez announced Thursday a new $100 million federal grant competition for ...

In that year, there were approximately 375,000 and in 2017 there were over 500,000. Clearly there is a strong federal push to support manufacturing apprenticeship programs. The U.S Department of Labor ...

Lincoln Park — Randy Jercick passed an exam to get into Ford Motor Co.’s apprentice program more than a decade ago, but had almost given up hope that he’d ever get a chance to become an electrician.

On the heels of Oscar night, I applaud the broad Asian representation among the winners and am particularly in awe of Michelle Yeoh, who made history as the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) - New York State has allowed three apprenticeship programs to operate provisionally for too long because the Department of Labor failed to follow its own rules, an association of ...

Each year we recognize the value and significance of American apprenticeship programs during National Apprenticeship Week. As we demonstrate our appreciation this year for the programs, leaders, ...

U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez visited the Philadelphia School District to announce details of what the Obama administration is calling the largest federal investment in apprenticeship programs.