Apprenticeship Ratio Bill Approved by Legislature
A bill to reform the required amount of state-mandated journeyman supervision for apprentices in the trades cleared the final legislative hurdle on Tuesday, passing the state Senate 18-14.
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RightWisconsin Conversations: John Mielke on Apprenticeship Ratios, the Skills Gap, and Foxconn
John Mielke, the president of Associated Builders and Contractors in Wisconsin, joins the RightWisconsin Conversations podcast this week.
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Apprentice Bill Still Waiting on Senate Action
“With the news that construction unemployment is at an all-time low, and the need for workers is really strong with all of the projects going on, we need to get this bill done,” Koenen said.
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Apprentice Bill Being Taken Up By Assembly Thursday
The bill is likely to pass the Assembly (which also took the lead on the mining bill) and we’re told that Governor Scott Walker will sign the bill. However, the bill’s future in the state Senate is far from certain.
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Apprenticeship Reform Needed to Help Close Skills Gap
AB 508 would help get more skilled workers to get into the building trades without costing taxpayers any more money or endangering safety.
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Bill Would Give Businesses Freedom to Hire More Apprentices
Previous research has shown that having a high number of journeymen to apprentices could result in too few apprentices being trained.
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Bill Would Reform Apprenticeship Requirements to Help Close Skills Gap
“It allows more apprenticeships to take place so that we can fill in the labor market in the skilled trades area more quickly.”
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