[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 [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25052]


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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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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