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"Talent Pipeline Challenge" will encourage employers and state
and local governments to use $800 million in job training funds
from the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, they said.
Billions more will come from the American Rescue Program rescue
package to boost the supply of workers for high-quality jobs.
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, National Economic Council
Director Brian Deese, National Domestic Policy Council Director
Susan Rice and other top officials will meet at the White House
with executives from telecoms giant AT&T; Bechtel, the largest
U.S. construction firm; Germany's Siemens AG, union leaders and
workforce experts to share ideas on how to train more workers
for well-paying jobs in those sectors.
The program is modeled on last December's push to train more
truck drivers to ease supply chain logjams.
"This is a nationwide call to action for employers, education
and training providers, states, local, Tribal, and territorial
governments, and philanthropic organizations to make tangible
commitments that support equitable workforce development" in the
three sectors, the White House said.
The initiative comes as the White House seeks to counter growing
fears about a possible recession and high inflation, while
highlighting employment gains - especially for young people and
minority workers - over the past year.
It seeks to promote creation and expansion of apprenticeship and
skills certification programs, while encouraging firms, state
and local governments to support workers with better access to
childcare and transportation.
The Labor Department has also launched a "good jobs" campaign to
highlight workers' rights to collective bargaining and will host
its own jobs summit on June 21, followed by another White House
workforce event on June 27.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)
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