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Labor leaders ask St. Louis County to preserve Tom Rucovina apprenticeship scholarship amid budget debate
Summary
Speakers at a St. Louis County public-comment session urged commissioners to preserve the Tom Rucovina Mineral Royalty Scholarship for trades apprentices, warning that proposed budget cuts or restructuring could harm trainees who rely on modest awards for boots, tools and fuel.
Speakers at a St. Louis County Board public-comment session on the morning of the meeting urged the county to preserve the Tom Rucovina Mineral Royalty Scholarship and reject any budget moves that would reduce support for apprentices.
Jack Carlson, president of the Duluth Building Instruction Trades Council, told commissioners the scholarship will be distributed in January and described the difference a modest award can make for apprentices’ basic needs. "We will have all the…
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