WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will launch a summer-long initiative on Friday to encourage labor unions and trade to work collectively to train more workers for good jobs within the electrical automobile, broadband and construction sectors, senior administration officers stated.
The “Talent Pipeline Challenge” will encourage employers and state and native governments to use $800 million in job coaching funds from the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, they stated. Billions more will come from the American Rescue Program rescue bundle to increase the availability of workers for high-quality jobs.
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, National Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice and different prime officers will meet on the White House with executives from telecoms big AT&T; Bechtel, the biggest U.S. construction agency; Germany’s Siemens AG, union leaders and workforce specialists to share concepts on how to train more workers for well-paying jobs in these sectors.
The program is modeled on final December’s push to train more truck drivers to ease provide chain logjams.
“This is a nationwide name to motion for employers, schooling and coaching suppliers, states, native, Tribal, and territorial governments, and philanthropic organizations to make tangible commitments that help equitable workforce growth” within the three sectors, the White House stated.
The initiative comes because the White House seeks to counter rising fears a few potential recession and excessive inflation, whereas highlighting employment features – particularly for younger folks and minority workers – over the previous yr.
It seeks to promote creation and enlargement of apprenticeship and expertise certification applications, whereas encouraging companies, state and native governments to help workers with higher entry to childcare and transportation.
The Labor Department has additionally launched a “good jobs” marketing campaign to spotlight workers’ rights to collective bargaining and will host its personal jobs summit on June 21, adopted by one other White House workforce occasion on June 27.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)
