Pledge to America's Workers Month, 2020, 40087-40088 [2020-14598]

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 129 (Monday, July 6, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 40087-40088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14598]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 129 / Monday, July 6, 2020 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10055 of June 30, 2020

                
Pledge to America's Workers Month, 2020

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic on our 
                Nation's economy and workforce have been unprecedented. 
                Businesses of all sizes have been forced to close, 
                downsize, or restructure; countless employees have 
                transitioned to working remotely; and tens of millions 
                of Americans have found themselves newly unemployed. 
                Despite the hardship caused by the pandemic, it has not 
                encumbered the American spirit or the unyielding 
                resolve of our Nation's workers. The United States 
                economy added 2.5 million jobs in May, rebounding with 
                historic strength and beginning the transition back to 
                strong economic growth. During Pledge to America's 
                Workers Month, we celebrate the resilience and 
                unlimited potential of America's workers and 
                industries; honor the State and private-sector 
                organizations that have pledged to train, educate, and 
                reskill American workers; and reaffirm our unparalleled 
                support for our workforce as we emerge from the grip of 
                this crisis.

                In July 2018, I established the President's National 
                Council for the American Worker in order to develop and 
                implement a national strategy to reshape the education 
                and job training landscape to better meet the needs of 
                American students, workers, and businesses. In 
                coordination with the Council, my Administration has 
                called on States, businesses, and trade groups to sign 
                the Pledge to America's Workers, by which they commit 
                to expanding programs that educate, train, and reskill 
                workers of all ages. A strong, bipartisan majority of 
                our Nation's Governors and over 430 companies, trade 
                associations, and unions have signed the Pledge, 
                promising to provide education and training 
                opportunities for 16 million American students and 
                workers over the next 5 years.

                I also established the American Workforce Policy 
                Advisory Board to glean expertise and input from a 
                broad spectrum of leaders in the public, private, 
                education, and not-for-profit sectors. At the time of 
                its creation, our country was experiencing a historic 
                economic boom, record-low unemployment rates, and 
                soaring consumer confidence. The rapid changes brought 
                on by the coronavirus pandemic have further revealed 
                the critical need to invest in our workers to get our 
                Nation back to work. The Board is focused on numerous 
                challenges, and recently issued a National Workforce 
                Recovery Call-to-Action to spur economic recovery by 
                expediting American workers' return to employment and 
                upward mobility through investment in career pathways 
                and implementation of skill-based hiring practices. The 
                Call-to-Action also emphasizes removing obstacles to 
                modernizing workforce education and building the 
                technology infrastructure needed for the future of 
                work.

                My Administration is committed to helping every citizen 
                find the path to economic success and professional 
                fulfillment that works for them. It is critical that we 
                explore and promote non-traditional pathways to family-
                sustaining careers, including through enhancing data 
                transparency that can help match workers with available 
                jobs; modernizing candidate recruitment, hiring, and 
                training practices; and advancing lifelong learning 
                opportunities.

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                By broadening our vision for America's workforce and 
                igniting ingenuity and innovation, we can bring 
                opportunity and prosperity to all Americans.

                Although the coronavirus pandemic has tested the mettle 
                of our Nation's workers, our country has steeled its 
                resolve to overcome and persevere. The same 
                resourcefulness and determination with which we have 
                confronted this crisis will be the catalyst for our 
                economic resurgence. American workers are the engine of 
                our country's future prosperity.

                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 2020 as Pledge 
                to America's Workers Month.

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

[FR Doc. 2020-14598
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