Presidential Document2023-25339
National Apprenticeship Week, 2023
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November 15, 2023
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November 9, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25339]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 15, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10672 of November 9, 2023
National Apprenticeship Week, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
I have always believed that the middle class built
America and unions built the middle class, and
Registered Apprenticeship programs across our country
have produced some of the best-trained workers in the
world. During National Apprenticeship Week, we recommit
to supporting Registered Apprenticeship programs, which
offer America's workers direct pathways to good-paying
jobs with dignity and respect.
I ran for office to build an economy from the middle
out and bottom up--one in which every American willing
to work hard can get a job wherever they call home.
Registered Apprenticeships make that possible for so
many by honing their skills, paying them while they
learn, and putting them on a path to get a good-paying
job. Apprenticeships not only strengthen our workforce
today, they give workers the skills needed for
industries of the future--whether it is modernizing our
infrastructure and building clean energy technologies
or addressing cybersecurity threats.
That is why we have invested more in Registered
Apprenticeships and career technology education
programs than any previous administration in American
history. Our American Rescue Plan and Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law have invested billions of dollars in
workforce training for good jobs, including significant
investments to help States, employers, labor
organizations, educational institutions, and workforce
intermediaries develop and expand Registered
Apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs. My
Administration's efforts have already helped develop
over 4,000 new Registered Apprenticeship programs and
led to the hiring of more than one million new
apprentices. Through enhanced tax credits our Inflation
Reduction Act provides strong incentives for employers
to connect Registered Apprentices with clean energy
projects that are essential in our work to build a
clean energy future in America.
Last year, my Administration launched programs designed
to strengthen and diversify Registered Apprenticeships
across industries. Our Apprenticeship Ambassador
Initiative assembles a national network of more than
200 organizations committed to increasing the number of
apprentices across many industries while recruiting
people from historically underrepresented communities
to join the American workforce and participate in
industries of the future. These organizations have
already committed to hiring over 10,000 new
apprentices. This initiative includes creating clean
energy apprenticeships and jobs in communities that
have suffered legacy pollution. Additionally, these
Registered Apprenticeships help employers build a more
diverse workforce while empowering workers with the
resources they need to thrive, including on-the-job
learning experience, job-related instruction with a
mentor, and a clear pathway to a good-paying job.
Through the Department of Labor's Women in
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations grant
program, my Administration is also continuing to invest
in training women to enter the skilled trades and other
occupations where they have long been underrepresented.
In addition, we are working within industries to
address workforce needs in critical sectors. Through my
Administration's Advanced Manufacturing
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Sprint and Workforce Hubs Initiative, we are working to
secure private-sector, union, State, and local
commitments to expand pre-apprenticeship and Registered
Apprenticeship programs. The Department of Education
and the Department of Labor have helped expand K-12
teacher Registered Apprenticeship programs to 27 States
with over 1,500 teacher apprentices to ensure our
schools have enough educators to teach the next
generation of leaders. Through the Department of
Labor's Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness Across the
Building Trades Initiative, we are enrolling at least
7,000 people in construction industry apprenticeships
to build roads, bridges, and highways, so that America
can have the best infrastructure in the world once
again. Our 90-day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge has
helped get more truck drivers on the road, keeping our
supply chains moving. And our 120-day Cybersecurity
Apprenticeship Sprint has resulted in thousands of
apprentices getting hired, who will learn the skills
needed to protect our personal information and national
interests from cyberthreats.
I have often said that America can be defined in one
word: possibilities. That is what Registered
Apprenticeships are all about--giving workers the
skills and opportunity to support their families while
building the industries of the future. During National
Apprenticeship Week, we celebrate the apprentices
across our country who lift our workforce to new
heights and the apprenticeship programs that make their
success possible. We recommit to doing what has always
worked best for our Nation: investing in America and
American workers.
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 12
through November 18, 2023, 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
ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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