Young people deserve good union jobs. The labor movement is partnering with the Chris Gardner Foundation to give students opportunity and access to apprenticeships in the building and construction trades.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond standing at a podium talking to students at A. Philip Randolph Career and Technical Center.

Hi John,

 

Today, we announced that we are partnering with Permission to Dream, created by the Chris Gardner Foundation, to help connect high school students in underserved communities with high-skill, good union jobs.

With this partnership, the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions and partners will give students in disadvantaged communities the opportunity and support to enter paid, registered apprenticeships in the building and construction trades.

 

Students selected for the program are required to maintain a certain grade point average and complete the apprenticeship readiness program set by North America’s Building Trades Unions. Upon graduation from the program, they will have the opportunity to be placed in a registered apprenticeship program with an affiliate union.

 

Students also will receive a stipend to cover the cost of tools, equipment and commuting to and from the training location.

 

The program was rolled out today at two Detroit-area schools—the A. Philip Randolph Career and Technical Center and The School at Marygrove—and then will be piloted at schools in Austin, Texas; New York City; and Los Angeles over the coming months. 

 

All young people should feel hopeful about their economic future. Apprenticeships are a pathway to a good union job and a family-sustaining career.

 

In Solidarity,

 

Team AFL-CIO
 

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