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Lamar Alexander: “If there are 500,000 unfilled jobs for construction workers today, I would hope that would be evidence that there is…”

On the recordJune 26, 2017
If there are 500,000 unfilled jobs for construction workers today, I would hope that would be evidence that there is room for apprenticeship programs in the construction industry.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander highlights the need for apprenticeship programs due to job shortages in construction.

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