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Three grants totaling $1.1 million are being awarded to national labor
organizations and trade associations to increase the number of local unions
engaged in School-to-Work activities across the country. The grants were
announced today by Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Secretary of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, whose departments oversee the National School-to-Work Office.
"School-to-Work connects students with the workplace in ways that
challenge them to study harder in school and plan for the future," Secretary
Herman said. "Unions, with their established history of training workers and
fighting for worker protections, have a lot to teach today's students."
"The time and resources committed by labor organizations to benefit
students in School-to-Work activities have helped by allowing them to take
advantage of the opportunities these organizations have provided through their
participation," Secretary Riley said. "These students benefit as they prepare
for life in the 21st Century as they continue to develop the skills that they
will need to succeed."
The National School-to-Work Office provides funding and technical
assistance to establish School-to-Work partnerships that give students
opportunities to learn about careers and potential fields of study. Those
partnerships, which include educators, students, employers, and community based
organizations, as well as organized labor, encourage students to pursue
vigorous academics by connecting academic lessons to the workplace.
Labor unions can play a pivotal role in promoting students' access to
the workplace as a learning environment. They have long-standing relationships
with employers through collective bargaining agreements and have played major
roles in the development of training for their membership.
Under the grants awarded today the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters will receive $370,726; the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers will receive $366,960; and the Laborers-Associated General Contractors
Education and Training Fund will receive $362,314. The International
Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers are headquartered in Washington, D.C.; the Laborers-Associated General
Contractors Education and Training Fund is located in Pomfret Center, Conn.
These are the first STW grants awarded to labor unions.
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