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Pledge to America’s Workers

Throughout President Trump’s first three years in office, America witnessed a historic economic expansion. The unemployment rate reached its lowest level on record for many demographic groups, and companies often struggled to find workers to fill open positions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily disrupted the livelihoods of American workers and businesses in unprecedented ways. But amid this seismic shift in the landscape of work, the U.S. economy and spirit are proving resilient.

Industries and individuals across the country have shown flexibility through innovation—manufacturers reorienting product lines and processes, service-sector jobs aligning to fortify the frontlines, and educators ensuring learning continues uninterrupted by adopting new online approaches overnight.

The Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need to build and expand high-quality pathways that will lead to good jobs and rewarding careers for all Americans, especially those most affected by this crisis. The Trump Administration remains committed to supporting the millions of workers who need assistance right now while building a resilient, agile workforce for the future.

On July 19, 2018, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the National Council for the American Worker.

Comprised of senior Administration officials, the National Council for the American Worker is charged with developing a National strategy for training and retraining the workers needed across high-demand industries. The group has convened voices from the public, private, education, labor, and not-for-profit sectors to enhance employment opportunities for Americans of all ages.

The National Council for the American Worker is Co-Chaired by:

Executive Order on the National Council for the American Worker

The American Workforce Policy Advisory Board

President Trump’s Executive Order also established the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, which works directly with the National Council for the American Worker.

This Board brings together members from diverse backgrounds including the private sector, educational institutions, and State and local governments. It seeks to bring more Americans into the workforce by improving jobs data transparency and skills-based hiring and training, advancing opportunities for lifelong learning, and promoting multiple pathways to family-sustaining careers.

Co-chaired by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, members of the Advisory Board include:
  • Walter Bumphus, President & CEO, American Association of Community Colleges
  • Jim Clark, President & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
  • Tim Cook, CEO, Apple
  • Tom Donohue, CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Marillyn Hewson, Executive Chairman, Lockheed Martin
  • Eric Holcomb, Governor, Indiana
  • Barbara Humpton, President and CEO, Siemens USA
  • Al Kelly, Chairman and CEO, Visa
  • Sean McGarvey, President, North America’s Building Trades Unions
  • Doug McMillon, President & CEO, Walmart
  • Michael Piwowar, Executive Director, Milken Institute
  • Scott Pulsipher, President, Western Governors University
  • Kim Reynolds, Governor, Iowa
  • Ginni Rometty, Executive Chairman, IBM
  • Scott Sanders, Executive Director, National Association of State Workforce Agencies
  • Robert Smith, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Vista Equity Partners
  • Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture
  • Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President & CEO, Society for Human Resource Management
  • Sebastian Thrun, Founder, President, and Executive Chairman, Udacity
  • Jay Timmons, President & CEO, National Association of Manufacturers
  • Marianne Wanamaker, Professor, University of Tennessee

Learn more about the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board

On May 19, 2020, the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board issued a National Workforce Recovery Call-to-Action.

This Call-to-Action will:

  • Expedite American workers’ return to employment and upward mobility by investing in career pathways and implementing skills-based hiring practices
  • Remove obstacles to the modernization of American education and training to accelerate reskilling and facilitate innovation in workforce development
  • Build the technological infrastructure necessary for the future of work

Read more about the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board’s Call-to-Action here.

The Pledge to America’s Workers Presidential Award

On September 23, 2020, President Trump awarded the inaugural Pledge to America’s Workers Presidential Awards to the following companies and trade associations for their excellence in workforce education and training:

  • American Hotel & Lodging Association
  • Associated Builders and Contractors
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • National Retail Federation
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Oberg Industries, LLC.
  • Textron Inc.
  • Volkswagen Group of America
  • Zurich North America

The Pledge to America’s Workers

As part of the National Council for the American Worker, the Trump Administration is asking companies and trade groups throughout the country to sign our Pledge to America’s Workers—committing to expand programs that educate, train, and reskill American workers from high-school age to near-retirement.

Since President Trump signed the Executive Order, more than 460 organizations have signed the Pledge, contributing to over 16 MILLION new education and training opportunities for American students and workers over the next five years.

We call upon employers large and small to join this crucial initiative to create more jobs, strengthen our economy, and restore hopeful futures to countless families.

It’s time to make a Pledge to America’s Workers.

To LEARN ABOUT SIGNING the pledge, email WORKFORCEpledge@who.eop.gov

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new opportunities pledged for America's workers.

  • 11 Capital Finance 100

  • A 2 Z Hospice Sterilization Corp 25

  • A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co 275

  • AAA Air Care 5

  • ABB Inc. 24,000

  • ACCI 125

  • Accu-Mold LLC 55

  • ADP 2,000

  • Adtran 1,355

  • Advantech Co. 200

  • AECOM 40,000

  • Aerospace Industries Association 16,047

  • Air Conditioning Contractors of America 65,115

  • Air Conditioning Guys - El Centro 12

  • Air-Temp Mechanical 30

  • Airbus Americas, Inc. 1,000

  • Airbus OneWeb Satellites LLC 250

  • AirMax Heating and Air 50

  • Airstream, Inc. 380

  • Allendale Heating Company 10

  • Altec, Inc 1,000

  • Amazon 100,000

  • America's Workforce Solution, LLC 100

  • American Airlines 22,000

  • American Crane and Equipment Corp. 20

  • American Hotel and Lodging Association 130,000

  • American Staffing Association 700,000

  • American Supply Association 60,000

  • American Trucking Associations 50,000

  • Amerifiber Inc. 20

  • AMRO Fabricating 45

  • AmSkills- American Manufacturing Skills Initiative 5,000

  • Apache Industrial Services 1,250

  • Apple 10,000

  • ArcelorMittal 34,000

  • Arktis Detection Systems 8

  • ASH North America, Inc. 80

  • Associated Builders and Contractors 500,000

  • Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida 5,000

  • Associated Equipment Distributors 10,000

  • Associated General Contractors of America 172,500

  • Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) 100,000

  • Association of Union Constructors (TAUC) 250,000

  • AT&T 200,000

  • Atlas Professional Services 40

  • ATMOS 360 Air Systems Solutions 10

  • Autoneum North America, Inc. 45

  • Avangrid 25,000

  • AZ TTI, LLC / DBA Tombstone Tactical 50

  • B & B Concrete, Inc. 120

  • BAE Systems 8,917

  • Bank of America 50,000

  • Baxter 1,700

  • Bayou Concrete 750

  • BBS Automation Chicago, Inc. 40

  • Benpac Holding AG 350

  • Best Buy 50,000

  • Beth Ingram Therapy Services 12

  • Beyer Boys Air Conditioning and Heating 6

  • Blue Halo Med Spa 25

  • Boeing 100,000

  • Bolton Construction and Service 50

  • Bosworth A/C 8

  • Bradford White Corporation 160

  • BSWANKY, LLC 25

  • Buchanan County Health Center 125

  • C&C North America Inc. 2,100

  • C-Tech Associates, Inc. 50,000

  • Can You Escape? 50

  • Capital Concrete 100

  • Carew Concrete and Supply Co., Inc 400

  • Carolina Comfort Air, Inc. 35

  • Casey Jackson Ford 250

  • Cemstone Products 8

  • Cemstone Products Companies 1,000

  • Central Air, LLC 4

  • Chernoff Newman 50

  • Cisco Systems, Inc. 500,000

  • City Machine Technologies 50

  • CJ America 1,000

  • Clays Climate Control 50

  • CLEAR 1,750

  • Cloverdale Foods 250

  • Cognizant 40,000

  • Coherent Solutions 10

  • CompTIA 625,000

  • CompuGroup Medical, Inc. 20

  • Concrete Supply Co. 1,200

  • Conditioned Air 500

  • Constantia Flexibles America Co. 250

  • Constellium Rolled Product Ravenswood, LLC 600

  • Consumer Technology Association 392,214

  • Cope Plastics 50

  • Cornerstone Engineering, Inc. 125

  • Cosby Heating & Cooling 10

  • Creative Sign Designs 150

  • Crow Practice LLC 50

  • CRST 200

  • Custom Mechanical 30

  • Custom Traffic Solutions 100

  • D&D Plumbing Heat & A/C 60

  • DECCO, Inc. 40

  • Decker Precision Machining, Inc. 8

  • Del-Air Mechanical 200

  • Deloitte 75,000

  • Dickinson Ready Mix Company 30

  • Direct Selling Association 200,000

  • Duluth Pack 50

  • DXC Technology 2,000

  • Dyersville Die Cast 40

  • Dynetics 700

  • Earp Enterprises Inc 1,000

  • East to West RV 325

  • Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, Inc. 1,000

  • Eastern Shipbuilding 1,600

  • EBNER Furnaces, Inc. 25

  • EDRO Engineering, Inc. 80

  • EDRO Specialty Steels, Inc. 71

  • Edward Jones 42,000

  • Electric & Gas Industries Association/EGIA Foundation 35,000

  • Elite Comfort Home 50

  • Empire Heating & Air Conditioning 20

  • Environmental Systems Associates 30

  • Epic Flight Academy 420

  • Ericsson 50,000

  • Ernst and Young LLP 110,000

  • Everest Textile USA LLC 300

  • Excellent Air Heating & Cooling 5

  • Extreme Dodge Jeep Ram 10

  • EZ Foods, Inc 50

  • Farmina Pet Food USA LLC 100

  • FCA International 42,000

  • FedEX 512,000

  • Feintool International Holding AG 20

  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. 500

  • Ferrovial Agroman US Corp 1,000

  • Fincantieri Marine Group/Fincantieri Marinette Marine 3,000

  • Fintech 250

  • Firehouse of America, LLC 8

  • Firmenich, Inc. 4,000

  • Fish Window Cleaning 10

  • Fix & Fogg 50

  • Flexsteel Industries, Inc. 1,100

  • Flowfold 10

  • Ford 55,000

  • Four Star Freightliner 175

  • Foxconn 13,000

  • Franke Group 25

  • Fredon Corporation 75

  • Geico 5,000

  • Geiger Ready Mix Co. Inc. 125

  • General Dynamics Corporation 7,500

  • General Motors 46,000

  • Gestamp 100

  • Giese Manufacturing Co. 10

  • Gilbert Home Comfort 20

  • Gilchrist Automotive 75

  • Gillette Air Conditioning Co., Inc 175

  • Gilman Heating Cooling and Plumbing 51

  • Giotto Enterprises (Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc.) 50

  • GJ Giacco Oil Company 4

  • Global Vision US 250

  • Good To-Go 10

  • Google 250,000

  • Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce 21

  • GSK 5,000

  • Harper and Associates Real Estate 350

  • Hatchett Devlin Automotive Group 100

  • HCI Group, Inc. 625

  • Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.) 5

  • Hewlett Packard 6,700

  • Hill International Trucks 50

  • Home Depot 50,000

  • Honda North America, Inc. 50,000

  • Honeywell 20,400

  • Hunter Truck 100

  • Huntington Ingalls Industries 40,000

  • Hy-Vee 15,000

  • Hyundai Motor America 47,820

  • Hyundai of Slidell 20

  • IBM 100,000

  • IMS Gear Virginia LLC 40

  • Independent Electrical Contractors 70,000

  • InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 250,000

  • International Code Council 25,000

  • International Franchise Association 250,000

  • International SPA Association 38,000

  • International Union of Operating Engineers 543,500

  • Internet Association 15,000

  • Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation 250

  • Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) 14

  • Iowa Business Council 30,000

  • IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries 1,000,000

  • Isaac Heating and Air Conditioning 1,500

  • ITAC Engineers & Contractors 50

  • Ivey Mechanical 1,500

  • J R Custom Metal Products, Inc. 24

  • Jade Strings 4

  • Jay Monger of Excel Heating and Cooling 20

  • Johnson & Johnson 10,000

  • Joseph H Roberts, Inc. 55

  • JSW Steel USA 1,000

  • Jubilant Pharma 500

  • Kalam Corporation 12

  • Katpro Technologies Inc 20

  • Kellam Mechanical 60

  • Kelly Cadillac 25

  • Kent Corporation 3,000

  • Kenworth of Louisiana 25

  • Kia Motors America 27,200

  • Kineto Tech Rehab 30

  • King Contracting, Inc. 610

  • King's Material, Inc. 32

  • Kinze Manufacturing 115

  • Kleemann SA 8

  • Klickerr 100

  • Koppers 25

  • KPMG 35,000

  • Kudelski Group 15

  • L3Harris 1,000

  • Latham Marine, Inc. 5

  • LCS Heating and Cooling 20

  • Leidos 2,125

  • Leonardo DRS 1,000

  • Lesher Mack Sales & Services Inc. 20

  • Lisle Corporation and EZ Way, Inc. 50

  • Lockheed Martin 8,000

  • Logic Solutions, Inc. 120

  • Lotte Chemical USA 1,000

  • Louis Vuitton 1,000

  • M.E. Wilson Co. 10

  • Mahindra Group 5,500

  • Management and Strategy Institute 10,000

  • ManpowerGroup 130,000

  • Maritime Construction Inc. 5

  • Marriott International, Inc. 500,000

  • Marsh Aviation Company 10

  • Maschmeyer Concrete Company 400

  • Mastercard 75,000

  • Matcon Construction Services, Inc. 15

  • Max Daetwyler Corp. 5

  • Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A. 4,000

  • McKensie Contracting 25

  • MDI 12

  • Meador Staffing Services, Inc. 75

  • MediaTek USA Inc. 300

  • Mega Social Enterprise Inc. 5,000

  • Mercuria Energy Trading SA 1,000

  • Mercury Works 30

  • Mi-T-M Corporation 150

  • Miba AG 1,050

  • Micron Technology, Inc. 10,000

  • Microsoft 10,000

  • Middle Tennessee State University Concrete Industry Management 284

  • Midstate Auto Group of Vermont LLC 3

  • Midwest Manufacturing 450

  • Midwest Peterbilt Group, Inc. 75

  • Miller Electric Company 250

  • Minnicks Inc 30

  • Mino Automation USA Inc. 50

  • Mise en Place, Inc. 12

  • MMC Materials Inc. 3,000

  • MomDoc, LLC 550

  • Monarch Point Consulting Group 3

  • Morgan Auto Group 3,600

  • Nana.io 100,000

  • National Association of Homebuilders 50,000

  • National Association of Landscape Professionals 150,000

  • National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 1,186,000

  • National Association of Tower Erectors 10,000

  • National Association of Trailer Manufacturers 5,000

  • National Auto Auction Association 2,500

  • National Automatic Merchandising Association 50,000

  • National Electrical Contractors Association 60,000

  • National Grid 16,500

  • National Marine Manufacturers Association 30,000

  • National Restaurant Association 369,975

  • National Retail Federation 250,000

  • Nature’s Way Natural Pest Control, Inc. 4

  • Nava Pets Inc. 25

  • Nephron Pharmaceuticals 490

  • Nestle Purina Petcare 5,000

  • Nevada Gold Mines JV 5,000

  • Nextgen Software 25

  • NICE Home Services 20

  • Nissan North America, Inc. 23,000

  • North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) 250,000

  • Northrop Grumman 7,500

  • Novartis 15,368

  • Oberg Industries 225

  • OC Oerlikon Group 1,000

  • Ohio's Electric Cooperatives 2,000

  • Oscarware, Inc. 10

  • Oveit, Inc. 5

  • Owensboro Country Regional Airport 30

  • Palaram 20

  • Paschal Air, Plumbing, Electrical 300

  • Pasco Hernando State College 40

  • Pelliconi Florida LLC 25

  • Phillips 66 6,000

  • PING 300

  • Pioneer Comfort Systems 52

  • Plastronics Sockets and Connectors 15

  • Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors 75,000

  • Pobjecky & Pobjecky, LLP 15

  • PODS Enterprises, LLC 3,000

  • Premier Tooling & Manufacturing, Inc 12

  • Princeton Air 7

  • Products of Purpose 30

  • Prosegur 4,500

  • Providence Healthcare 80

  • QMT Windchimes 40

  • Quality Certification Services 30

  • Quality Distribution, Inc. 300

  • QualySense AG 20

  • Quanta Services 75,000

  • Quiet Professionals, LLC 500

  • R.E.E. Mechanical 42

  • Rallyware 500,000

  • Ralph Lauren Corporation 30,000

  • Randstad North America, Inc. 40,000

  • Raytheon 39,000

  • Reeds Metals 50

  • RingMD 150

  • RIP Global 10,000

  • RLS Construction Group 5

  • Rockwell 6,000

  • Rolex Watch USA, Inc. 60

  • Rose International 250

  • Rosie Paulsen Enterprises 3

  • RUAG Space USA, Inc. 150

  • Saint Leo University 1,000

  • Salesforce.com Inc 1,000,000

  • Samsung Electronics America, Inc. 15,000

  • Samvardhana Motherson Group 1,000

  • San Marcos Air 55

  • SAP 87,000

  • Sayler’s Suncoast Water 5

  • Schaafsma Heating 45

  • Scholfield Honda 100

  • Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc. 19

  • SeaArk Boats 100

  • Seep, LLC 5

  • Semper Tek Inc. 50

  • Sempra Energy 1,000

  • Seoyon America 50

  • ServiceOne 60

  • SFS Group USA, INC. 83

  • Shearer Heating & A/C 51

  • Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors National Association 15,000

  • Shell 3,300

  • SHRM: Society for Human Resource Management 127,000

  • SICPA Securink Corp. 5

  • Siemens USA 75,000

  • Silvi Group Companies 50

  • SK 2,000

  • Skillspire LLC 2,500

  • Sky Nurses LLC 10

  • Skywater Technology Foundry 350

  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council 22,500

  • Smiley Transportation, Corp 30

  • Smith Broomfield & Howard Construction and Restoration LLC 10

  • Smith South Plains Ford Lincoln 15

  • Smokey Point Concrete 50

  • Snively Insurance Agency Inc 5

  • SoCal Airflow Pros 51

  • Society of Women Engineers 1,000

  • Soft Galaxy Inc. 250

  • Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc. 315

  • Southern Manufacturing Technologies 100

  • Southwest Airlines 12,000

  • Spirit AeroSystems 33,500

  • Spokane Gymnastics 12

  • Stack Heating and Cooling 30

  • Stadler US Inc. 500

  • Standard Golf Company 10

  • Sterling Rope Company 30

  • STIHL Inc. 1,000

  • Sturdell Industries 25

  • Subaru of America, Inc. and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. 25,300

  • Sukup Manufacturing 20

  • Summers of Brownsburg, Inc 15

  • Summit Agricultural Group 70

  • Suncoast Credit Union 2,000

  • Supra America Inc. 8

  • Surefire Innovations 5

  • SWACCA: Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance 50,000

  • Sysco 34,425

  • Taeyang Metal 76

  • Tampa Bay Food Trucks 30

  • Tampa Downtown Partnership 5

  • Tampa General Hospital 250

  • Tampa Tank 250

  • TCI Texarkana, Inc. 500

  • Temperature Difference 15

  • Test NDT 1,500

  • Textron 22,240

  • The Adecco Group 10,000

  • The Baldrige Foundation 500

  • The Monarch Cement Company and Subsidiaries 519

  • The Queen’s Health Systems 3,243

  • The Spicy Olive 2

  • Theisen's (Theisen’s Home-Farm-Auto and Theisen Supply Inc.) 30

  • Thermal Concepts 200

  • Thomas Concrete, Inc. 9,500

  • Townsend Honda 12

  • Toyota Motor Corporation 200,000

  • Trademasters Service Inc 242

  • Tremend Software Consulting 10

  • Truck Centers 100

  • TSMC Technology, Inc. 330

  • TSYS 3,000

  • Turner Construction 5,000

  • U.S. Concrete 2,000

  • UAV Systems International 35

  • UBS AG 35

  • Udacity 100,000

  • Uelner Precision Tools & Dies, Inc. 20

  • UiPath, Inc. 750,000

  • Uniquetex LLC 90

  • United Airlines 15,875

  • United Materials, LLC 145

  • UPS 51,750

  • USA Environmental, Inc. 10

  • Vaagen Timbers, LLC 120

  • Van Horn Automotive Group 25

  • Venergy Group, LLC 150

  • Verisafe Limited 10

  • Visa Inc. 14,500

  • Vistra Communications 50

  • Voestalpine Automotive Components Catersville Inc. 350

  • Voestalpine Bohler Welding USA Technology LLC 5

  • Voestalpine High Performance metals Corp. 185

  • Voestalpine Nortrack Inc. 500

  • Voestalpine Precision Strip LLC 16

  • Voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation 410

  • Voestalpine Texas Group 4,500

  • Voestalpine Trotec Inc. 90

  • Volkswagen Group of America 15,000

  • VoltAir Inc 125

  • Volvo Cars USA 5,000

  • W.S. Badcock Corporation 400

  • Wafer Works Corp. 4

  • Walmart 1,000,000

  • Wanxiang America Corporation 10,881

  • Water Quality Association 50,000

  • Wegman Company 15

  • Wehr Constructors, Inc. 10

  • Weidmann Electrical Technology Inc. 10

  • Wesley Chapel Nissan and Motor Trend Certified Vehicles 1,400

  • West Volusia Regional Chamber of Commerce 6

  • White Goods Services, Inc. 10

  • Wipro LLC 15,000

  • Wittenstein Holdings Corporation 100

  • Y International USA Inc. 250

  • Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America 3,000

  • Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit 10,000

  • YCI Methanol One, LLC 70

  • Zitec Com 10

  • Zurich North America 40

  • “Bombardier Wichita” 1,200