For well over 100 years, apprenticeship training has been the oldest and most traditional method of on-the-job training in many of the industries where the IAM represents the workers in the United States and Canada.
Read moreAmerican workers need more job training opportunities like IAM District 15’s Youth Transition to Work program, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said at a recent meeting with labor and business leaders.
Read moreEncouraging more workers and high school students to enroll in IAM Automobile Mechanics’ Local 701’s apprenticeship and training program is a “no brainer,” said U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) during a recent roundtable and tour of the Local 701 Apprenticeship Training Center in Carol Stream, IL.
Read moreThe IAM is now a part of the ApprenticeshipUSA LEADER initiative. This is a great opportunity for the IAM and its members. We will have access to a multitude of information on various apprenticeship program grants and other resources that will further the IAM’s growth in skilled trades training and education. What is ApprenticeshipUSA?
Read moreJim Reid (center), Machinists’ Director of Apprenticeship, Safety and Health, and Rick Inclima (right), Director of Safety for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, at DOL Transportation Accelerator conference. June Taylor of Ryder Systems is on the left. DOL’s first national Apprenticeship Accelerator conference brought together more than 50 transportation stakeholders in Greenville, SC
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