Pledge to America's Workers Month, 2019, 32013-32014 [2019-14472]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 32013-32014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14472]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 129 / Friday, July 5, 2019 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9907 of July 1, 2019

                
 Pledge to America's Workers Month, 2019

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                This month, we celebrate Pledge to America's Workers 
                Month. Last year, I signed an Executive Order 
                establishing the President's National Council for the 
                American Worker. The Council, made up of 14 Federal 
                agencies, is charged with developing a national 
                strategy for training and reskilling workers for high-
                demand occupations and the industries of the future. 
                The Federal Government, however, cannot do it alone. 
                That is why we also launched the Pledge to America's 
                Workers, a call-to-action for States and the private 
                sector to create new education and training 
                opportunities to better serve the American worker and 
                encourage private investment in workforce development. 
                As of today, a strong bipartisan majority of our 
                Nation's Governors and more than 280 companies and 
                associations have signed the Pledge, committing to 
                create nearly 10 million enhanced career and training 
                opportunities for America's workforce. On this 
                inaugural Pledge to America's Workers Month, my 
                Administration calls on more States and employers, both 
                large and small, to sign the Pledge to strengthen the 
                economy and ensure one of America's greatest assets--
                its workforce--is prepared for the jobs of today and 
                tomorrow.

                As President, I have worked to revitalize our country's 
                economy and usher in a new era of American prosperity. 
                Since taking office, 5.4 million jobs have been added 
                to our Nation's economy. This year, wage growth hit its 
                fastest pace in a decade, boosting the buying power of 
                American workers. My Administration has unleashed an 
                economic expansion that has brought a record number of 
                Americans back into the labor market. Not only has the 
                national unemployment rate dropped to 3.6 percent, the 
                lowest rate in half a century, but unemployment has 
                reached historic lows among minorities, veterans, and 
                individuals with disabilities. In May, a record 75 
                percent of people who started that work had been out of 
                the labor force the previous month rather than 
                unemployed. In other words, we are bringing more people 
                off the sidelines and into the labor force than ever 
                before. We are striving for and achieving inclusive 
                growth, so that all Americans, especially those who 
                have been marginalized, can find meaningful work and 
                the training needed to fill vacant jobs.

                Our country's flourishing job market also poses 
                exciting new opportunities. In each of the past 14 
                months, the United States has had more job openings 
                than job seekers, meaning there remains room for even 
                more Americans to enter the labor force. My 
                Administration stands ready to help American workers 
                gain the skills needed to fill the approximately 7.4 
                million open jobs. That is why last month, the 
                Department of Labor launched the new Industry-
                Recognized Apprenticeship pathway, encouraging 
                companies to offer on-the-job training in new, 
                emerging, and high-growth sectors of our economy.

                Throughout Pledge to America's Workers Month, we 
                applaud the States, employers, and associations who 
                have signed the Pledge. And we encourage those that 
                have not yet signed the Pledge to do so and commit to 
                new education and training opportunities over the next 
                5 years. Together, with

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                the industrious spirit of the American workforce, we 
                will build a more prosperous future for all 
                generations.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim July 2019 as Pledge 
                to America's Workers Month.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                first day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and forty-third.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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