thank you all it is wonderful to be joined by so many incredible men and
women who work in high demand industries across our nation thank you and I want
to thank the leaders in government in business and education who came together
for the launch of this landmark workforce initiative the president
pledged to fight for the Forgotten men and women of America and that is exactly
what he's done and that is what today is all about we want to open new pathways
for all Americans to secure better jobs and bigger paychecks I'm honored that
the president has asked me to lead the White House's effort to spur job
creation and economic opportunity through vocational education and
workforce development over the past year and a half our administration has taken
action to expand apprenticeships increase access to STEM education for
all K through 12 students and ensure that our workforce programs deliver real
results for our citizens we are also working with members of Congress many of
whom are here today to pass important legislation such as the Perkins Career
and Technical Education bill to modernize workforce development and
support over 11 million students and workers across the country in my travels
over the past 17 months it has been an amazing honor to meet with men and women
across our nation who helped build our cities pioneer new industries and start
businesses with a little more than their grit and imagination their talent is
unmatched their drive inspiring and their tenacity is truly what makes
America's workforce the best in the world last week in Syracuse New York I
met several recent high school graduates who join us today Lilly law William
DeJesus and Robert Felder Lily William Robert will you join us
through the pathways and Technology program they each graduated with more
than 20 college credits and experience interning in fields such as science
manufacturing and electrical engineering
last week robbers Roberts grandmother was with him
and Robert I hope you don't mind me sharing this story but I personally was
just blown away by the way she looked at you with such
pride and admiration and that's an admiration everyone in this room shares
Lily William Robert you are truly an inspiration to us all your ambition your
grit your perseverance it's really inspiring so thank you for being here
America's vocational education whether for high school students like Lily
William and Robert or for mid to late career workers should be as innovative
dynamic and successful as our people and that is why today the president is
launching a national workforce strategy we're calling upon government in the
private sector to equip our students and workers with the skills they need to
thrive in the modern economy I want to thank all of the companies and trade
associations who are here with us today and joining for the launch of this bold
initiative thank you for your partnership over the previous weeks and
months as we have prepared for this important day and this is really just
the beginning really thank you with that it is now my honor to introduce the 45th
President of the United States Donald J Trump to share today's announcement
that's a good group that is a very good group I will tell you I'm looking at
these people I see them on the cover of all the magazines every every week every
month my Fred that's great well thank you Ivanka very much and for your
incredible leadership of the White House workforce and they should have you
really have done an incredible job and you've worked so hard and I want to just
tell you we're all proud of you everyone here is proud of you especially these
folks back here because that's the future so I want to thank you honey
I'm thrilled
I'm thrilled and honored to be here today to launch the National Council for
the American worker joining us for the announcement is secretary Wilbur Ross
secretary good secretary Alex Acosta Betsy DeVos everybody knows
education Acting Secretary Peter O'Rourke Peter great job you doing
director Mulvaney who has worked so hard those budgets but they're coming along
right right make Linda McMahon administrator small business Thank You
Linda Jared fantastic job Chris incredible what a group this group
nobody knows Kelly and nobody knows all stand up fantastic job Andrew thank you
please stand up
really good thank you
I want to thank you also we have some very special people here House Education
and Workforce chairwoman say now we say chairwoman right we like it better
virginia foxx virginia and we have thanks virginia great job
representatives rip rick allen jamie herrera butler thank you
thank you Sean Duffy John John my friend Jim Renee C and Claudia Tenny we have
some very special other folks here in a very high administrative capacity we
have a favorite of mine Governor Scott Walker good job he's done thank you
Scott and Montana state auditor Matt Rosendale
Matt right here you doing good Matt I have big things for Matt we're really
especially grateful to be joined today by the top CEOs union leaders trade
associations and educators from all around the country these are the biggest
these are the best seasons of the most talented
among those and I'm going to be introducing him and going around the
table with them as they signed their pledge but we have a friend of mine for
a long time the really founder and creator and I heard he did a report at
his school and he got low marks because they said it couldn't work and he ended
up getting very high marks because it's a company called FedEx is that a correct
story pretty correct right that professor didn't know what happened Fred
Smith thank you for I think we'll have to give that
professor low mark stress cuz it worked out it worked out well for you home
depot CEO doing a fantastic job Craig Minear Craig thank you thank you
for Lockheed Martin CEO Marilyn Hewson and how's the f-35 doing right on time
right good job Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy Tom thank you
thank you thank you Tom northrop grumman president kathy warden and we're going
to introduce everybody in a little while i also want to recognize dan england
chairman of the American Trucking Association along with Johnny Taylor
president of the Society for Human Resource Management they've been
fantastic and really worked hard with us everyone here today is united by the
same goal to train recruit hire American workers thanks to our tremendous
economic successes and we've had a lot of them and we've never had and I have
to tell you as a country we have never been more successful that we are exactly
right now today the numbers coming out are beyond what anyone ever thought
possible and so there's never been a better time to hire and grow in America
we've created 3.7 million jobs since the election in the month of June alone we
grew the workforce by more than 600,000 workers I say that if I ever mentioned
this if I ever mentioned this during the campaign they would have said there's no
way there's no way no way that could happen well it's happened and far more
than we ever thought we're in the longest positive job growth streak in
American history african-american unemployment has reached its lowest
level in American history Hispanic unemployment is at its lowest level in
American history Asian unemployment has reached its
lowest level in American history women's unemployment oh this is too bad Maryland
this is very sad has reached its lowest level in only 65 years but within about
two weeks I think we'll be able to say in American history because it's moving
quickly okay 65 years is not so bad right
consumer and business confidence has reached its all-time highs the highest
ever recorded and 95% of manufacturers are optimistic about the future that's
the highest number ever recorded so a lot of good things are happening out
there every day we are lifting our forgotten Americans off the sidelines
out of the margins and back into the workforce we are giving a second chance
at life to the six hundred and twenty thousand former inmates who reenter
society each year there's nothing like a great great jobs market to take care of
that situation it's incredible what's happened with people that were in prison
that previous to this could not get themselves a job and now they're being
hired and people are loving them it's been really incredible to see
but to keep this momentum going to continue this economic miracle and
that's what it is it's a miracle what's happened in the last year and a half we
must invest in job training and vocational education I mean the fact is
that companies are pouring back into our country companies that frankly left 10
and 20 years ago and they're coming back and we need people to work for those
companies we need talented people we need people with training that's why in
a few moments I will be signing an executive order to establish the
National Council for the American worker that's a first this council will be made
up of top officials across the government
we're also establishing an outside Advisory Board of industry leaders and
experts which we will announce in the coming weeks very shortly a lot of
people want to be on that board very badly have some great people going on
that board together their task will be to develop a national workforce and
strategy to equip Americans of all ages and at all stages of their career with
the skills they need to thrive in the modern economy whether it's a high
school student looking to land their first job first job ever and they've got
a lot of enthusiasm and they lose that enthusiasm when they don't land that job
but now they're all landing jobs or a late career worker who wants to learn a
new trade we want every American to have the chance to earn a great living doing
a great job that they love where they wake up in the morning and they can't
get to work fast enough a lot of these people know that feeling that's why
they're in the position they're in and that spirit I'm proud to announce an
exciting new challenge and the beginning of a new national movement we're asking
businesses and organizations across the country to sign our new pledge to
America's workers today 23 companies and associations are pledging to expand
apprenticeships that's an interesting word for me to be saying right the
apprentice I never actually put that together until
just now that was a good experience I will tell you that and that's range
Ivanka I never associated but here we are can't get away from that word it's a
great word for on-the-job training and vocational education they will sign the
pledge committing to train and retrain more than 3.8 million American students
and workers for new jobs and rewarding careers
this is only day one and we far exceeded our initial goal of 500,000 students and
workers we thought it was going to be 500,000 and disclose to 4 million and by
the time the day ends it'll probably be well over 4 million in the days and
months ahead we hope that hundreds of companies and organizations will join us
in this effort I want to thank all of the wonderful companies and associations
who are about to sign the pledge and we're about to introduce I applaud your
civic leadership it's incredible know so many of you I know how committed you are
you're great people and your commitment to training and recruiting American
workers also here with us today are American workers who know firsthand how
job training transforms their lives I'd like to invite a couple of them to speak
Brian Brianna where is Brianna Brianna come on
over here Brianna D'Angelo from Greenwood Indiana
is an apprentice for Gayler electric good company better say yes
please say a few words hi everyone so as a former college student turned mother
turned electrician I was given a great lifelong opportunity from Gayler
Electric and their partnership with The Associated Builders and Contractors I'm
standing here today for my daughter three-year-old he's got a long ways to
go but I'm standing here here for her and women that they can see that they
don't have to conform to what society says they have to you can do anything
I'm going to be an electrician in two years
very nice also here today is Janita mcnair from Orlando Florida who is
completing the American Hotel and Lodging Association apprenticeship for
managers and their really a lot of talented people coming out of that
program please chanita thank you so first I'd like to say thank you for
having me I think I fall under the column where the older workers I'm a
late bloomer but that's okay I'm here and in 31 years in the hospitality
industry has been good to me so my motivation is to be good to my
generation this following means my grandson came to me after his father was
murdered and he said I'm not gonna have a role model yes you will okay I can't
teach you how to be a man but I can
so for thank you for creating this BL insider so a lot of more people can have
this opportunity thank you that's great I'd also like to ask Carl green to come
up he's a truck driver and a military veteran and he's doing really well
Carl
this is my fourth career I started off as an army helicopter pilot in Vietnam
I went to the defense industries and then to banking and investments and
retired I was bored bored have found CR England thank you sir and found my last
and greatest career I enjoy driving my big rig across this great beautiful
country delivering food to hungry people
Thank You Carl and thank you to everybody or you've really been very
special we know every one of you and the great job you've done thank you all very
much great careers America is blessed with the greatest workers anywhere in
the world and today we are taking historic steps to ensure that every
American has the chance to realize their full-time potential by signing the
pledge to America's workers these great companies and they are great these are
the greatest in the world are affirming their commitment to train American
workers for American jobs because America's strength America's heart and
America's soul is found in our people more than anything else it's in our
people it is their love their pride and their patriotism that makes this
magnificent land our beloved home and together with the help of everyone in
this room we will truly make America greater than ever before that's what's
happening greater than ever before and I think it's happening faster than anyone
ever thought it's moving rapidly we have numbers coming out and past and present
and hopefully future that are far beyond anybody's wildest expectations and I
think frankly you haven't seen anything yet so I will now sign the Executive
Order and then I'm going to go around and say hello to these incredible people
and they're going to be giving the name their company and many of you know them
already and they're going to be signing taking on almost four million people
that's very exciting so thank you all very much I'm gonna sign the Executive
Order
go ahead mr. president ladies and gentlemen it's my distinct honor on
behalf of the aerospace and defense industry the voice of the world's
greatest aerospace and defense aerospace industry association is committed to
creating new opportunities to the tune of 48,000 for our students and workers
over the next five years thank you very much thank you
alright on behalf of the American Hotel and Lodging Association and our 26,000
members and in addition to our management track apprenticeship program
we are announcing a hundred and thirty thousand new opportunities with
scholarships certifications at a cost free college program further with great
women and men and hospitality that is a big number Thank You Katherine thank you
very much Thank You Patti thank you my name is Dan England CR
England trucky that's right and you're
representing the American Trucking associations and we're committing to
50,000 new opportunities over the next five years that's big stuff thank you
Dan thank you that's fantastic thank you do
mr. president we'll have an Associated Builders and Contractors and our 21,000
members we pledge to educate and re-educate 500,000 craft workers that is
fantastic and you'll do it you'll do it I know you well Gregg thank you thank
you absolutely on behalf of the associated
general contractor's of America we pledge to train or to upskill over 170
2,500 construction craft workers and professionals over the next five years
thank you Brian thank you that's beautiful hello Fred
this is some man right here I tell you
that's great thank you Fred thank you very much
mr. president sir good to see you again Scott Walker you know this is right he's
building the most incredible place you've ever seen in Wisconsin right
Scott I just left that's gonna be tell us
about that for a second go ahead yes sir were you know building a bringing an
industry back to America that hasn't been here and probably over at least 30
years which is advanced electronics manufacturing and we're going to bring
that into southeast Wisconsin as part of that I'd like to pledge today to provide
enhanced career opportunities for 13,000 Americans in Wisconsin that's great
fantastic thank you thank you very much
mr. president General Motors is proud to offer ten thousand nine hundred and
seventy five workforce training opportunities over the next five years
mr. president Home Depot is pleased to provide
enhanced training and opportunities for 50,000 associates at the Home Depot for
the next five years thank you well give my regards you know that say hello mr.
president gen Crozier and on behalf of IBM we are proud of programs like p-tech
apprenticeships and rescaling and committed to preparing 100,000 Wow
that's good and I heard your company is doing great
you're doing great Thank You mr. president Michael Beckerman representing
the internet industry today we're announcing over 30,000 opportunities and
this is just the tip of the iceberg from the internet industry to ensure the
American workers have the digital skills they need to compete in the economy of
today and tomorrow so thank you thank you very much
mr. president on behalf of Lockheed Martin I'm proud to say that today we
pledge to provide career opportunities new career opportunities for more than
8,000 employees over the next five years Thank You Marilyn you've done a
fantastic job Thank You Marilyn hey Fred she makes a plane you can't see it's
stealth f-35 I hope you can't see it at least right great job thank you very
much mr. president on behalf of Microsoft 10,000 opportunities and
really proud to be their representative
very good you're right they're great they're great thank you very much Thank
You mr. president my name is Randy Noel representing the National Association of
Homebuilders and through our Home Builders Institute
our educational arm we pledge to do prepare 50,000 new workers to work at
building an American dream thank you very much
mr. president my name is Rob gifford and on behalf of the National Restaurant
Association we pledge to Train three hundred and seventy thousand people over
the next five years mr. president naturally on behalf of the National
Retail Federation we're pleased to be here thank you for leadership we are
committing to train certify and upskill 250,000 workers at least over the next
five years Thank You mr. presidential mcGarvie North America's building trade
unions and on behalf of our unions and our contractor partners we commit to
invest six billion dollars and train and recruit and register 250,000 apprentices
over the next five years
mr. president I'm Kathy warden on behalf of Northrop Grumman we commit to 7500
new apprenticeships over the next five years
mr. president Tom Kennedy from Raytheon and we pledged
39,000 enhanced career opportunities over the next five years
mr. president I'm Tom Harkin with the signatory will on sealing alliance we
pledged through the Carpenters Union and regionally trusted funds 50,000 upgraded
trading opportunities mr. president Johnny Taylor good to see that's right
on behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management we have 300,000
members and more importantly we touched the lives of a hundred million workers
every day we're dedicated and committed to creating 127 thousand new
opportunities of the next five years for America Thank You mr. president my name
is Scott price I'm pleased to represent UPS where we are committing 250 1,750
new rolls through higher education and apprenticeships mr. president I'm Julie
Murphy from Walmart and and we commit to train and develop over 1 million
associates in the next five years thank you very much that is fantastic thank
you Tony so that's a big beginning that's a much bigger beginning evanka
than anyone thought possible
folks for so many years I've done so many of you but that is really a great
commitment so we appreciate it we're just getting started we need people to
be trained we need people that are going to go out and really love their job and
that's what you're going to do and those are great jobs Maryland those are great
jobs thank you all Fred thank you everybody
this is a big big day for our country there's never been anything done like
this before and you see the numbers so we're going to need all of these people
and most importantly in the room good luck to you good luck thank you good
luck
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