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Board backs workforce approach for cleanup; unions urge apprenticeship pathway
Summary
After public comment urging training and career pathways for wildfire cleanup, the board approved item 41a supporting workforce measures; labor and trade groups urged that cleanup contracts include apprenticeship and long‑term career placements rather than temporary labor schemes.
The Board of Supervisors approved item 41a on Tuesday after public comment from labor and apprenticeship organizations urging that wildfire cleanup and rebuilding efforts use locally hired, trained and certified workers.
Ben Garcia, executive director of the Los Angeles/Orange County Building and Construction Trades Council's Apprenticeship Readiness Fund, and other trade representatives told the board cleanup…
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