Robert Tomkavage at The Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania reports a pair of Apprenticeship Grants through the City will help local Unions train future Carpenters and Electrical Workers.  The Carpenters’ Apprentice Ready Program (CARP), operated by the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (EAS Carpenters Union), and the Scranton Electricians Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) Program from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 81, each received $25,000 in grant funding, city officials announced in a news release.  “These local Apprenticeships provide training, personal equipment and teaching materials so we can kickstart the next generation of Union careers in Scranton,” Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti said in a press release.

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