EXPANSION OF THE SKILLS
TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM CREATED BY TOYOTA.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS TALK ABOUT
BRINGING BACK MANUFACTURING.
SOME OF HIS CRITICS SAY YOU
CAN'T BRING IT BACK, WE DON'T
WANT TO BE MAKING
OLD-FASHIONED STUFF ANYMORE,
THERE'S NOT GOOD JOBS,
WHATEVER.
>> THE FUTURE MANUFACTURING IS
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.
I DO THINK THERE'S A
DISCONNECT BETWEEN HOW PEOPLE
THINK ABOUT MANUFACTURING AND
THE FACTORIES.
LOOK AROUND US.
THEY'RE CLEAN, THE HIGH-TECH,
THEY ARE VERY MUCH THE
INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE.
WE SEE THIS TIME AND TIME
AGAIN.
I DO THINK THERE'S A
MISPERCEPTION ABOUT WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE IN MANUFACTURING
TODAY AND WE ARE TRYING TO
DISPEL THAT AND IT'S WORKING.
HERE IN ALABAMA ALONE, WAGES
ARE UP, HOURS ARE UP,
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT IS
WAY UP.
POVERTY IS DOWN, WE HIT AN
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE MUCH LIKE
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY HERE
IN ALABAMA BUT IT'S THE LOWEST
IT'S EVER BEEN AT 3.3%.
SO GREAT JOBS ARE BEING
CREATED.
YOU MENTIONED MANUFACTURING,
TODAY THERE IS HALF A MILLION
VACANT MANUFACTURING JOBS.
HALF A MILLION.
THEY'RE GOOD PAYING VACANT
JOB.
>> THE THING THAT YOU'VE GOT
GOING ON HERE, WHICH IS SO
CONNECTED TO THE BROADER
CONVERSATION, PEOPLE ARE
SAYING WELL ORGANIC AT A
RECESSION, IS NOT SLOWING DOWN
IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES WANTING
TO EXPAND.
THEY'VE GOT VACANCIES THERE.
WE'VE GOT MANUFACTURERS, OVER
A MILLION UNFILLED, STILL
SITTING THERE.
>> THE ECONOMY IS INCREDIBLE.
>> GETTING THE SKILLS, GETTING
PEOPLE THE SKILLS TO TAKE
THOSE JOBS, THIS IS WHAT
FRUSTRATES ME ABOUT, IT'S
BORING AND NOT AS POLITICALLY
SEXY BUT IT'S REALLY AT THE
HEART OF ECONOMIC STORY
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN GET THOSE
JOBS FILLED BY PEOPLE WITH THE
SKILLS, THEN YOU'VE GOT.
[INAUDIBLE]
>> TO ME THIS IS THE THING I'M
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING
ON.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT INCLUSIVE
GROWTH AND WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN.
THIS ECONOMY, BECAUSE OF THE
POLICY AND BECAUSE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT THAT'S BEEN
CREATED AND THAT HAS UNLEASHED
THOSE NETWORKS.
UNLEASHED INVESTMENTS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
BUT COMBINED WITH WHAT WERE
DOING, WE'VE HAD OVER 300
PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES
COMMIT, 13 MILLION AMERICANS
IN JUST OVER A YEAR.
THEY'RE CREATING A TYPE OF
INCLUSIVE GROWTH.
LET ME JUST GIVE YOU ONE OF MY
FAVORITE STATS THAT'S NOT
OFTEN TALKED ABOUT, BUT IN THE
SECOND QUARTER OF THIS PAST
YEAR, THIS IS.
MUCH TRUE EVERY MONTH, 73% OF
ALL NEW JOBS CREATED WERE
SECURED BY THOSE ON THE
SIDELINES OF THE ECONOMY.
NOT UNEMPLOYMENT SO IT'S
COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF THE
LABOR FORCE.
BECAUSE RATES ARE RISING.
>> I THINK I'M RIGHT IN SAYING
THAT A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS
WOMEN.
ALL THESE THINGS.
>> WOMEN, MILLENNIAL WOMEN ARE
SAYING AND CHANCING RECORD
OPPORTUNITIES,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ARE
DRIVING, JUST THIS PAST MONTH
IN AUGUST, UNEMPLOYMENT FOR
AFRICAN WOMEN, ADULT WOMEN
REACHED 4.4% WHICH IS A
HISTORIC LOW.
EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC BUT THEN,
THE VACANCIES ARE THERE AND
THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT THIS
MISSION.
>> OUR MISSION IN THE
PRESIDENT'S MISSION IS TO TURN
AROUND TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND SAY WORKING TO DO THIS
TOGETHER.
THE GOVERNMENT RUN PROGRAM
TENDS NOT TO YOU YIELD TO
RESULTS.
YOU NEED TO KNOW THE SKILLS
THAT ARE REQUIRED OF THE
EMPLOYER BECAUSE THEY'RE
CREATING THE JOBS.
THERE ALSO DISRUPTING THE
JOBS.
I HAVE EMPLOYER SAY TO ME ALL
THE TIME WE NEED MORE WORKERS
AND I SAY WILL THERE STILL SIX
AND A HALF UNEMPLOYED
AMERICANS AND TONS MORE THAT
FOR DECADES HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE
OF THE LABOR FORCE.
LET'S START THERE, AND IT'S
HAPPENING.
EMPLOYERS ARE GETTING CREATIVE
ABOUT HIRING, THEY'RE OFFERING
SECOND CHANCES TO THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED AND WHO
HAVE ENORMOUS BARRIERS TO
SECURING EMPLOYMENT AND WE
KNOW IF SOMEONE IS GIVEN THAT
SECOND CHANCE ARE MUCH LESS
LIKELY TO COMMIT A CRIME AND
WIND UP BACK IN THE SYSTEM.
NOW THEY'RE EXPANDING TO
POPULATIONS THAT HAD
PREVIOUSLY BEEN MARGINALIZED,
WHETHER ITSELF FORMALLY
INCARCERATED OR DISABLED
AMERICANS.
UNDER THIS PRESIDENTS WATCH
AND DUE TO THIS PRESIDENT'S
ECONOMIC AGENDA, UNEMPLOYMENT
FOR DISABLED AMERICANS IS THE
LOWEST IT'S EVER BEEN IN
HISTORY, AND PART OF THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON IN OUR SOCIETY
BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE
WHO, AFTER DECADES OF
NETWORKING THEY HAVE A JOB, A
STEADY, REGULAR, WELL-PAYING
JOB, THAT STARTS TO AFFECT OUR
SOCIAL FABRIC.
ISSUES AROUND HOUSING AND
COMMUNITIES AND FAMILY THAT
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
A JOB IS AT THE HEART OF
THAT.
>> AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT
TRANSITION SO TO ME THERE'S
NOTHING THAT ILLUSTRATES THE
SUCCESS OF THE ECONOMIC AGENDA
MORE THAN WHAT WERE SEEING IN
TERMS OF WHAT'S INCREASING AND
PEOPLE COMING OFF THE
SIDELINES AND WORKING WITH THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
I'VE TRAVELED AND TALK TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF
A GOOD PAYING JOB AND IT TOOK
THEM YEARS IN THE CYCLE AND
THE PAIN OF THAT EXPERIENCE
FOR THEMSELVES ON A PERSONAL
LEVEL, FOR THEIR FAMILY, AND I
MET A MAN IN EASTERN KENTUCKY,
HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
KENTUCKY BUT HE WANTED TO
LEARN THE SKILLS THAT WOULD
ENABLE HIM TO SECURE A NEW
JOB.
THROUGH ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS
WERE HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN AND EARN SIMULTANEOUSLY,
A LOT OF PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE
CANNOT AFFORD TO GO THROUGH
PROGRAM WHERE THEY AREN'T
EARNING A WAGE
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
IF THEY COME LEARN WHILE THEY
EARN I GET PLACED INTO A GREAT
JOB, HE LEARNED COMPUTER
SCIENCE AND CODING AND NOW HE
IS EXPORTING CODE FROM EASTERN
KENTUCKY JUST LIKE HE USED TO
EXPORT COAL.
COAL HAPPENS TO BE COMING BACK
AS WELL, BUT IT'S AN AMAZING
THING, THIS IS A MAN WHO SAID
HE WENT FROM STORE TO STORE
AND COULD NOT GET A JOB
BAGGING GROCERIES, DOING
ANYTHING, AND NOW HE HAS
SECURED THIS CONSISTENT
WELL-PAYING JOB AND HIS SKILLS
ARE IN HIGH DEMAND.
>> TWO REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS
YOU JUST MADE THERE ABOUT THE
CHANGES IN OUR ECONOMY.
FIRST OF ALL, HE DIDN'T WANT
TO LEAVE HIS HOME, HE DIDN'T
WANT TO LEAVE WHERE HE GREW
UP, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU HEAR THROUGH THIS
POPULACE REVOLUTION, FOR MANY
YEARS YOU'VE HAD.
[INAUDIBLE]
YOU'D HAVE TO MOVE TO WHERE
THE JOBS ARE.
THAT'S THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS
GOING, SUCK IT UP, YOU HAVE TO
MOVE TO SILICON VALLEY, PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO DO THAT SO IF
YOU CAN BRING THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO WHERE THEY
ARE, THAT'S TRANSFORMATIONAL.
SECONDLY, EARNING WHILE THEIR
LEARNING, IT'S NOT SO EASY FOR
PEOPLE TO SAY I WANT TO LEARN
A NEW SKILL, DROP EVERYTHING.
MOBILITY IS DOWN DRAMATICALLY
FROM THE 1980s.
MOBILITY IS DOWN 50%.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.
THEY LOVE THEIR HOMES.
HE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE NOWHERE
ELSE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.
HE LOVES EASTERN KENTUCKY AND
THAT'S AMAZING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT
WAY.
OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T LEAVE.
THEY NEED THE SUPPORT SYSTEM
OF THEIR FAMILY FOR CHILD
CARE.
THEIR WEALTH IS LOCKED UP IN
THEIR HOME WHICH IS NOT
LIQUID.
THE LOSE THEIR BENEFITS IF
THEY LEAVE.
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE WHICH
IS AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM IN THIS
COUNTRY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTS THOSE WHO CAN LEAST
AFFORD IT.
THOSE WHO MAYBE WANT TO START
A SMALL BUSINESS DOING A
SERVICE AND THEY CAN'T BECAUSE
THEY GALATIANS THEY'VE GOT
HAVE THIS LICENSING TO KEEP
GOING.
>> TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF
INDIVIDUAL VERY AFFECTED BY
THE TERRY STOP, THEY MOVE VERY
CONSISTENTLY EVERY TWO TO
THREE YEARS, OFTEN TIMES THEY
WORK IN A HIGH PERCENTAGE WORK
IN HEAVILY LICENSED AND
REGULATED FIELDS.
BY THE TIME THEY MOVE,
TEACHING, HEALTHCARE SPACE,
BUT ANY INDUSTRY.
NOW OBVIOUSLY WE SHOULD HAVE
LICENSING FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES
, BUT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
MILITARY FAMILIES.
OFTENTIMES THEY CAN'T AFFORD
IT OR IT TAKES AROUND A YEAR,
BY THE TIME THEY GET THE NEW
LICENSE ASSUMING THEY CAN
AFFORD IT, THEY HAVE TO MOVE.
WERE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTS
WHERE WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE
LICENSURE, THIS HAS TO BE DONE
ON A STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL AND
THERE SOME GREAT LEADERSHIP ON
THIS.
THE GOVERNOR IN ARIZONA, THEY
WILL RECOGNIZE ANY LICENSE
THAT'S BROUGHT TO THEM BY A
CREDIBLE SOURCE BECAUSE THEY
WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO ARIZONA
TO WORK.
BUT TOO INFREQUENTLY THAT
HAPPENS OF COURSE AN
ELECTRICIAN NEEDS A LICENSE
BUT DOES SOMEONE BRAIDING HAIR
NEED A LICENSE?
A LOT OF STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS HAVE MADE A
FORTUNE BY CREATING THIS
OPPRESSIVE LICENSURE AND
PEOPLE WHO WANT JOB.
[INAUDIBLE]
YOU HAVE TO BE A LICENSED DOG
WALKER IN A LOT OF STATES.
BUT GOING BACK TO THE EARLIER
POINT, MAYBE THERE ARE
BARRIERS THAT PREVENT YOU FROM
BEING ABLE TO WORK THAT ARE
STRUCTURAL, MAYBE YOU WANT TO
STAY IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE
TRYING TO GET INVESTMENT TO
COME INTO THE COMMUNITY SO NO
ONES LEFT BEHIND
ONES LEFT BHIND
ONES LEFT BEHND
ONES LEFT BEHIND.
ONE OF THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS
OF TAX REFORM IS THE CREATION
OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO GOVERNORS DETERMINE THE ZIP
CODES THAT ARE MOST IN NEED OF
INVESTMENT, WHETHER IT'S URBAN
OR RURAL, 8300 HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY.
8300 ZIP CODES THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY UNABLE TO ATTRACT
THE SAME TYPE OF CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS AS NEIGHBORING
AREAS AND GOVERNORS DETERMINE
THAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTORS
INCENTIVIZED TO BRING THEIR
CAPITAL, AND IT'S WORKING.
CAPITAL FROM THE PRIVATE
SECTOR IS FLOODING INTO
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
OVERLOOKED.
JOBS ARE BEING CREATED IN
PROXIMITY TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE
AND NOT JUST IN THE COASTAL
AREAS AND ONE OTHER ELEMENT
JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WERE
TRYING TO CREATE JOB
OPPORTUNITIES, WERE TRYING TO
INCREASE THE WORD FORCE
PARTICIPATION RATE, WE NEED TO
CREATE POLICY THAT RECOGNIZES
THE MODERN COMPOSITION OF THE
AMERICAN WORKFORCE AND THE
AMERICAN WORKING FAMILY.
NOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
LEADING.
THEY PUT FORTH THE FIRST
BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION ON PAID
FAMILY LEAVE SO ARGUABLY THIS
ADVANCED DIALOGUE FROM A
POLICY PERSPECTIVE, MORE IN
THE PAST TWO YEARS BEEN IN THE
25 YEARS PRIOR WITH FMLA.
SO THINKING ABOUT, OF COURSE
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE
CONDUCTIVITY FOR SOMEBODY TO
THEIR JOB WHEN THEY HAVE A
LIFE ALTERING EVENT LIKE A
CHILD.
REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF
WORK IN THE PARTY OF FAMILY SO
WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM.
NOW, 40% IN 7% OF THE
WORKFORCE, THE VAST MAJORITY
OF HOMES BOTH PARENTS WORK
INCLUDING HOMES WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN.
HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT ALL
AMERICANS HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE,
AFFORDABLE HIGH QUALITY
CHILDCARE?
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS
EXPANDED THE CHILDCARE BLOCK
GRANT TO THE STATE TO OFFSET
THE COST OF CHILDCARE FOR
THOSE WHO ARE WORKING AND