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Working People Respond to the State of the Union

… also outlined the importance of expanding skills-based hiring and increasing access to registered apprenticeships and training. The ATU has been at the forefront of apprenticeships in the transit industry to prepare workers for the transition … the Right to Organize Act; expanding skills-based hiring and increasing access to registered apprenticeships and training; creating a national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program; and more. Such measures are vital for … Lorge, a third-generation plumber, lifelong member of UA Local 400 in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, and the Director of Workforce Training and Development at the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), was the guest of …
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Global Labor Mobilizes Resources in Solidarity with Ukraine

… Before the war, the Solidarity Center was implementing programs focused on worker legal aid, legislative analysis, training for trade union youth activists and leaders, organizing platform workers, promoting gender equality and fighting …
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Redmond to GLU: Racial Justice Is Economic Justice

… participate in our democracy, and we’re working toward that. Through the Task Force we are pioneering education and job training programs to help those who have served their time reintegrate into our communities. And the Public Safety Blueprint …
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Redmond: Louisiana Labor Is a Force for Working People

… that labor can play in addressing mass incarceration in Black and Brown communities… By rolling out programs… like job training and education… to help people return to our communities with a better chance to succeed after they have served their …
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Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility: What Working People Are Doing This Week

… infrastructure projects this year. https://t.co/hNvfcXfPxH Start a prosperous career in construction today by finding a training center near you: https://t.co/8EyOwzDNb3 #LIUNA pic.twitter.com/NF6fXD9WUb — Laborers' Local 579 (@LiUNA579) March …
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Confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: What Working People Are Doing This Week

… and Cement Masons: “Compared with 2 & 4-year colleges, joint labor-management apprenticeships ... deliver a more robust training regimen, similar diversity outcomes, competitive wage & benefit levels ... while leaving graduates entirely free of …
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Shuler: ILA Women Have the Power

… our movement. We are serving as executive board members and vice presidents, we’re organizing workers, we’re mentoring and training the rising generation. This doesn’t happen by accident. It has to be intentional or it won’t happen. Our unions have …
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Shuler: AFSCME Women Showed Up for Our Communities

… (Hey!) We are serving as executive board members and vice presidents, we’re organizing workers, we’re mentoring and training the rising generation. This didn’t happen by accident. It was a deliberate effort by our unions and our movement to …
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Together, We Win: Worker Wins

… 132 and Southern California Gas (SoCalGas), recently launched a new program to tackle homelessness among veterans through training and employment opportunities. UMAP’s effective training-to-placement model will benefit 40 veterans over the next several months, and those who successfully graduate will …