The move comes amid a significant skilled trades labor shortage in the U.S.
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The move comes amid a significant skilled trades labor shortage in the U.S.
Published Sept. 4, 2026
Lara Ewen
The Building Futures Skilled Trades Coalition aims to train and develop 1 million skilled trades workers by 2035
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Training initiative aims to meet America’s growing demand for skilled trades workers
The coalition of companies aims to address a growing labor shortage by promoting careers in the skilled trades, the firms said.
Google, Ford, Carhartt, and BlackRock launched an alliance to fill 2.1 million skilled-trade jobs by 2030, the work AI can't…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the U.S. Department of Labor separately announced grants and funding designed to…
