GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Thursday morning, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity was awarded a $10,000,000 federal grant. She said it’ll create ...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - In April, 86 Mid-State Technical College construction and industrial trade apprentices received $2,000 ‘Tools of the Trade’ scholarships from Ascendium. The Tools of ...
Metro Detroiters looking to learn more about careers in skilled trades have the opportunity to meet experts in a series of events this week. Organizers say there are more than 1,200 skilled trade jobs ...
This story was written for WRAL TechWire Innovator partner Wake Technical Community College. Four years ago Forbes reported that there was a “skilled trades dilemma” in America. It noted the ...
Last week, we joined organizations representing a wide range of industries in celebrating the U.S. Department of Labor’s 9th annual National Apprenticeship Week. National Apprenticeship Week is a time ...
A coalition of organized construction contractor associations and skilled labor unions launched a new advertising campaign on Labor Day to raise awareness about career opportunities in the skilled ...
Apprenticeship programs have been around since the advent of specialized trades. Think back to the Middle Ages when master craftsmen belonged to guilds in which those who had mastered the trade passed ...
We spend a lot of time these days debating globalization: Are trade deals like NAFTA good or bad? And who's being hurt and who's being helped by the globalization of the last few decades. But some ...