(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Following the Biden-Harris Administration’s record investments in American manufacturing, the National AFL-CIO Working for America Institute is developing a new resource to help train Workers for manufacturing jobs with a $1 million grant from the Families and Workers Fund.

The Working for America Institute is an innovation of the National AFL-CIO to bring together Unions, employers and community groups to create the pipeline of skilled Workers for high-quality Union jobs in the industries of the future.

The new grant, which was awarded as part of Families and Workers Fund’s Powering Climate and Infrastructure Careers Challenge, will support WAI’s Manufacturing Core Curriculum (MC2), which trains Workers for entry-level and advanced manufacturing jobs and connects them to Registered Apprenticeship Programs. 

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, who serves as Chair of the Working for America Institute Board, said: “In order for the Biden-Harris Administration’s investments in American manufacturing to achieve the greatest impact, Workers need training and support to access and perform these highly skilled jobs - especially Women and People Of Color who have not traditionally had access to these opportunities.  The Working for America Institute’s Manufacturing Core Curriculum will meet this crucial need.  We look forward to continuing to ensure that all new jobs created by the Biden-Harris Administration’s landmark investments are good Union jobs that empower local workers and communities.” 

Working for America Institute Directory Amanda Ballantyne said: “We’re honored to receive this recognition from the Families and Workers Fund and excited to work with them to build career pathways in manufacturing.  The Working for America Institute holds the unique and critical role of ensuring that the manufacturing jobs of the future are accessible to local Workers from all backgrounds, good-paying and career-building, and the Manufacturing Core Curriculum is an important new extension of that work.”

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