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AFL-CIO Partners with Permission to Dream

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United Steelworkers Women of Steel

 

The AFL-CIO is partnering with the Permission to Dream program, created by the Chris Gardner Foundation, to put students on the path to good careers through the security of a union job. As part of this collaboration, the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions will give students in disadvantaged communities the support they need to enter registered apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades. 

The partnership will include a strong focus on ensuring that all students, especially students of color, complete their high school education. 


 

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Craftworkers Standing Side by Side
Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
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We are proud to partner with Chris and his foundation on this initiative, because by expanding access to our world-class apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, we will ensure that more young people experience firsthand the transformational solidarity and support of a good union job.”

Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

I am thrilled beyond words to be in collaboration with the AFL-CIO in our shared vision of changing the trajectory of young people’s lives by providing them with apprenticeships, training and mentoring that will enable them to acquire a global skill set and give them permission to dream.”

Chris Gardner, Founder, Chris Gardner Foundation

 
 

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