The Biden infrastructure legislation will soon be funding billions of dollars worth of public construction across the country.  At the present time there is a shortage of skilled workers to fill the many jobs.  According to this article there will be a concentrated effort to recruit and train women and people of color within the trade union apprenticeships.

NEWS YOU CAN USE - Editorial in Friday Seattle Times: Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington lawmakers must see the Biden infrastructure plan as an example to follow, not yet another excuse to keep kicking the state’s own responsibility for a transportation infrastructure package down the road.