Happy National Apprenticeship Week!

Registered apprenticeships are the gold standard of job training programs. They provide workers with life-changing skills and a pathway to good jobs that support families and lift communities.

That's why we're happy to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week! Will you help us spread the word about the value of apprenticeships?

Forward this page to someone who needs to know these top three apprenticeship facts:

1. $80,000-The average starting salary after completing a registered apprenticeship.
2. 94%-The percentage of apprentices who stay on the job after completing their apprenticeship.
3. $300,000+-The lifetime earning advantage of an apprentice graduate compared with their peers who don't complete an apprenticeship.

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Registered apprenticeships are good for employers and good for working people.

Employers get a highly skilled workforce. And working people get paid work experience, classroom learning and a pathway to success in good union jobs.

There are registered apprenticeships across industries like hospitality, the care economy, cybersecurity, construction and advanced manufacturing. The people working in these industries will literally build our future.

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) has even launched a unique program that connects passionate, social- and economic justice-minded activists to careers as union organizers. Are you interested or do you know someone who might be? See details here.

As the labor movement, we already know registered apprenticeships are valuable and a path to good union jobs.

Thanks for helping to spread the word.