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Trump: US needs 'people with training' for jobs

IBM, Lockheed Martin, FedEx, Apple and Boeing are some of the companies pledging to provide increased job training.
Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
US President Donald Trump, beneath a portrait of first US president George Washington, addresses the Pledge to America's Workers event at the White House in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump says nearly two dozen companies and trade organizations are signing his pledge to provide job training and apprenticeship programs as a way to boost the U.S. economy.

Trump said Thursday at an event at the White House that the pledge will help train about 3.8 million students and workers for new jobs and rewarding careers. Some of the companies signing the pledge include IBM, Lockheed Martin and FedEx.

The president says the nation needs "people with training" to fill vacancies at a time of a low unemployment of 4 percent. He has signed an executive order creating a National Council for the American Worker and a workplace policy advisory board.

Apple and Boeing also committed to providing increased training but neither company was in attendance Thursday.

Apple, the software, computer and mobile phone giant, says it will provide additional training to 10,000 people as part of its ongoing initiatives with community colleges.

Boeing, the aerospace company, says it will provide increased training and continuing education opportunities to its 100,000 U.S. employees as part of a $100 million commitment made after last year's tax cuts.

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