[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 78221-78222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25339]


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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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