President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday to form a new council and advisory board that will work to boost job opportunities and vocational training for American workers.
The latest move is part of the administration’s efforts to ensure all Americans have access to well-paying jobs and the relevant training they need to secure them.
“Tomorrow, President Trump will take another step to prioritize and expand workforce development so we can fill American jobs with American workers,” White House adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump told reporters on Wednesday.
The president will take “immediate steps to address the vocational crisis and establish a national council for the American worker and the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board,” she added. “This will spur much needed action to provide current and future American workers with the training and job opportunities they will need to succeed in our thriving economy and ensure they are able to achieve success not only today, but throughout their careers.”
According to the White House, the advisory board will be comprised of administration officials, state and local officials, and CEOs from a variety of industries to advise the president on how to address the current workforce crisis, provide affordable training, and expand apprenticeships across the United States.
Trump signed a similar executive order last June directing the Labor Department to draft new rules that would enable companies and unions to develop and certify their own apprenticeship programs.
The younger Trump said her father also plans to “call upon the private sector and industry leaders to sign a pledge to do their part to invest in our current and future workforce,” in addition to tasking the new council with developing “a national workforce strategy.”
“This initiative is a key pillar in Trump’s economic agenda and fulfills a promise that he made to the forgotten men and women who felt left behind by failed policies of the past and a fast-moving economy,” she said.
Senior executives from companies like Lockheed Martin, Federal Express and IBM are expected to attend Thursday’s signing of the executive order at the White House.
