"We have to let our parents and teachers know there is
a bright future for people who work with their hands." Secretary Perez offered
those encouraging words to a group of future tradesmen and woman, when he
traveled to Philadelphia on May 21 to learn more about an innovative
apprenticeship program within the International Union of Painters and Allied
Trades — District Council 21. Sandwiched between a meeting with staff members
from the department's Philadelphia Region and the commencement address he
delivered to the graduating class of Drexel University's School of Law, Perez
toured the Finishing Trades Institute of the Mid-Atlantic Region training
facility in Northeast Philadelphia. The FTI represents commercial painters,
drywall finishers, glaziers, glassworkers, industrial painters, wall coverers
and multi-craft decorators. Perez met with apprentices, as well as labor and
industry leaders, to highlight how partnerships like this are connecting
ready-to-work Americans with ready-to-be-filled jobs.
Follow the link to see a slide show of one of this region’s
premier training centers, here…
Source: DOL
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