Presidential Document2022-25052
National Apprenticeship Week, 2022
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November 16, 2022
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November 10, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 68593-68594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25052]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 16, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10495 of November 10, 2022
National Apprenticeship Week, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Apprenticeship Week, we celebrate the
workers of America--the best in the world--and lift up
the importance of apprenticeship programs run by
unions, employers, and other organizations. These
programs train workers to hone a skill and craft that
is going to rebuild America for the 21st century.
For many workers, especially those without college
degrees, apprenticeships create a critical pathway to
good-paying jobs. Registered apprentices earn while
they learn. These programs, particularly through local
unions, ensure that our Nation is producing the best-
trained, best-prepared, and best-skilled workers for
industries now and of the future--from health care and
information technology to clean energy. Supporting
Registered Apprenticeships is a key part of my economic
vision to build an economy from the bottom up and the
middle out: an economy that works for everyone.
That is why hundreds of millions of dollars from my
American Rescue Plan and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
are dedicated to helping States, employers, labor
organizations, and workforce intermediaries design,
develop, and expand Registered Apprenticeships and pre-
apprenticeship programs. That means jobs for electrical
workers, pipefitters, carpenters, and more. I began an
Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative, which assembled a
national network of businesses and labor organizations
and secured from them a collective commitment to hire
over 10,000 new apprentices in the next year alone. Our
Administration's 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship
Challenge and 120-day Cybersecurity Apprenticeship
Sprint bolstered this progress, garnering hundreds of
private sector commitments for new apprenticeship
programs in these critical sectors. With these efforts,
our Nation hit record-setting employment in the
trucking industry earlier this year. Additionally,
nearly 150 public and private sector employers, unions,
and community-based organizations have made training
and apprenticeship commitments in the broadband,
construction, and electrification sectors to promote
equitable workforce development as part of my Talent
Pipeline Challenge.
At the same time, we have cut red tape so companies can
also more easily establish Registered Apprenticeship
programs in just a matter of days. To ensure the
American worker can ably compete in the global
marketplace, I revoked an Executive Order that promoted
less rigorous apprenticeships. I am also making sure
that, as our economy grows and apprenticeship
opportunities become more widely available, every
community in America experiences these benefits. That
means creating clean energy apprenticeships and jobs in
frontline and fence-line communities that have suffered
from the legacy of pollution. It also means continuing
our support for initiatives like the Department of
Labor's Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional
Occupations grant program, which has trained women to
enter the skilled trades and other occupations where
they have been historically underrepresented.
Diversifying pre-apprenticeship programs also plays a
valuable role in expanding the pool of workers ready to
take on a Registered Apprenticeship.
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I have always believed that the middle class built
America and that unions built the middle class.
Registered Apprenticeships are a testament to the power
of unions to deliver good-paying jobs that offer
dignity and respect. They also reflect American
workers' dedication and commitment to excellence.
During National Apprenticeship Week, let us celebrate
the apprentices of America, give our thanks to the
mentors who train them, and remind ourselves of our
ongoing responsibility to invest in the best workforce
on the planet.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 13
through November 19, 2022, as National Apprenticeship
Week. I urge the Congress, State and local governments,
educational institutions, industry and labor leaders,
apprentices, and all Americans to support Registered
Apprenticeship programs in the United States of America
and to raise awareness of their importance in building
a diverse and robust workforce to strengthen our
national economy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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