FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IR #2008-13
March 9, 2008
CONTACT:
Dean Fryer
Kate McGuire
(415) 703-5050
Governor Helps Launch Campaign
| WHAT | Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Secretary Bradshaw and Director Duncan will tour the Carpenters Training Center for Northern California and promote the critical need to recruit apprentices to help build the public works projects included in the Governor’s Strategic Growth Plan. |
| WHEN | Monday, March 10, 2008, 10:30 a.m. |
| WHERE | Carpenters Training Committee for Northern California 800 Chadbourne Road Fairfield, CA |
| WHO | Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger California Labor & Workforce Development Agency Secretary Victoria Bradshaw California Department of Industrial Relations Director John C. Duncan Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Executive Director Robert Alvarado Apprentices currently in Northern California apprenticeship programs |
| WHY | Apprenticeship programs lead to good paying jobs. Under California law, public works projects require one apprentice for every five journeymen on the job. California has more than 65,000 apprentices but will need nearly 200,000 over the next 10-12 years. Thousands of highly skilled Baby Boom generation craftsmen are expected to retire over the next several years creating a shortage of workers in the skilled trades. |
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