Legislative Testimony
Testimony of Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, Before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
… requires a modern 21st century workforce. Craft training in transportation-related industries has been conducted through apprenticeship programs for over a century. Indeed, serving an apprenticeship was the original four-year degree. Transportation investments should complement and support joint labor-management training and apprenticeship programs, not undermine them through investments of precious public dollars in training programs that fail to …