Joe Mazan at KSTP-TV reports that for the first time in decades, a new Meat Cutter Apprenticeship Program is underway in Minnesota at St. Paul College.  The effort was started by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and is designed to bring skilled Meat Cutters into the industry, which has lost jobs over the years due to a lack of training in the workforce.  UFCW Local 1189 James Westin said: “Hopefully, we put these folks into the different stores with their employers and they recognize that value and want to get behind what we’re doing here with said.  A Meat Cutter can start out around ($30) an hour and, with experience, can earn ($70,000 to $80,000) a year.

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