Biden to tap new labor board top cop, rescind Trump apprenticeship program

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Politico

President Joe Biden will nominate Jennifer Abruzzo, an attorney with the Communications Workers of America, to become the federal labor board’s top cop, the White House said Wednesday.

As first reported by POLITICO, Abruzzo, a former deputy general counsel at the National Labor Relations Board, would replace Trump-appointed General Counsel Peter Robb, who was ousted by Biden last month in a rare exercise of executive power over the labor board. But she will have to get through a Senate confirmation process that could be bruising.

“Abruzzo will bring her more than two decades of experience and knowledge at the NLRB to help rebuild America's middle class,” The White House said in a statement. “Abruzzo will be an important member in supporting the NLRB’s work to build a stronger, more resilient, and more inclusive economy that delivers every American a fair return for their work and an equal chance to get ahead.”

Ahead of a meeting with labor officials Wednesday afternoon, the White House said Biden would also revoke former President Donald Trump’s executive order creating an industry-led apprenticeship program, which sought to reduce the federal government’s role in creating and monitoring such training opportunities.

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[moreland01]

1. Suggestion for President Biden

Put some of your choices in their positions in an "Acting" capacity and see what happens. We really need to get a ruling from SCOTUS on the powers of persons in Acting positions before another republican is President (god forbid).

[lagomorph777]

2. Experiments can wait. We need action, not actings.

[Warpy]

3. Dumdum's apprenticeships were a silly pipe dream

and would most likely have been used to allow corporations to abuse new graduates of training programs instead of providing any training, themselves.

If we still had apprenticeships, most community college vocational programs would no longer be needed.

[Progressive Jones]

5. All of the building trade unions in Northern IL are looking for apprentices.

They advertise on the radio. These are great opportunities for young people who aren't college bound,
or re-thinking their education. All the programs are equal opportunity.

These lead to great paychecks, benefits, and skills that can't be taken away.

[Warpy]

6. Around here, we're getting mailers about USPS jobs opening up

so De Joy's plan of annihilation by attrition is being reversed.

I know the building trades have been fairly decent about keeping an apprenticeship system, although friends in New England ran into informal union requirements to have a relative in the union to be considered. It was equal opportunity to take the test, but it was nepotism or nothing to get in. I hope that's changed.

[FSogol]

7. Not many unions in Virginia, but electrical contractors advertise for apprentices here too.

There is a shortage of linemen, electricians, etc.

[halfulglas]

4. One reason an industry led training doesn't usually work is business doesn't want it.

Most companies don't want to put all the time and effort (and money) in training a worker who can then use those skills freely in getting another better paying job later. It used to be training workers helps the whole field to have skilled workers, but since the 80's and especially the 90's it has all been individual companies only want to benefit their bottom line and therefore the stockholders. Pay the worker the least you can get away with either because it is minimum wage or the going wage for a job.