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Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and first lady Jill Biden speak at Mill 19.
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FLOTUS Touts Pittsburgh as Workforce Hub at 一本道无码鈥檚 Mill 19

Jill Biden, Julie Su join Ed Gainey at Carnegie Mellon to highlight workforce investments

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First lady Jill Biden and acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su traveled to 一本道无码's facility in today to convene members of a Pittsburgh Workforce Hub and announce commitments to create and expand pathways into good-paying jobs for the region.聽

On the way, she made a quick stop.

Jill Biden at Mill 19

Jill Biden stops to touch a blue Yaskawa MOTOMAN GP50 industrial robot used by 一本道无码 Assistant Professor on display at Mill 19.

鈥淏efore I start, I just have to touch that robot!鈥 Biden said, examining a blue industrial robot on display at Mill 19.

Joined by Su and Ed Gainey, the mayor of Pittsburgh, Biden addressed a room of community partners, employers, union members and educators about training the next generation of workers.

鈥淭his city helped build our nation and the middle class through good union jobs,鈥 Biden said. 鈥淚n many ways, Pittsburgh has always been a part of this transformation 鈥 where iron ore turns to steel, and steel to prosperity. And today, you鈥檙e still transforming, turning old steel mills into a training center for the jobs of the future.鈥

In May, the Biden administration announced throughout the U.S., alongside Augusta, Phoenix, Columbus and Baltimore. As a hub, Pittsburgh receives funding and assistance for local workforce training, including at the steel mill turned state-of-the-art research facility Mill 19.

鈥溡槐镜牢蘼 welcomes the opportunity to host first lady Jill Biden and acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su at our advanced manufacturing facility in Hazelwood,鈥 said聽Farnam Jahanian(opens in new window), president of Carnegie Mellon. 鈥淭his facility 鈥 once bustling with steelworkers and helping to power the nation鈥檚 economy 鈥 is now home to a consortium of partners dedicated to harnessing opportunities in 21st century manufacturing, including robotics, additive manufacturing and artificial intelligence.鈥

Led by Gainey and聽, Pittsburgh鈥檚 workforce development organization, Biden announced that Pittsburgh would create more than 1,000 new jobs and expand on apprenticeship programs in four key sectors: infrastructure, advanced manufacturing (including robotics and biomanufacturing), high-speed internet and clean energy (and fields like cybersecurity that support these sectors).聽

Ed Gainey with Jill Biden

Biden, Gainey and Su sit during the discussion at Mill 19.

鈥淚鈥檓 proud of everyone in this city who has made a public commitment to ensuring everyone who calls Pittsburgh home has a pathway to good-paying jobs,鈥 Gainey said. 鈥淭his is what it looks like when you build a city where everyone has the ability to feel safe, feel welcome, and have the abundant opportunity to thrive. This is what community truly looks like.鈥

罢丑别听 includes plans for local institutions to both expand existing programs, and develop new pathways into robotics, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing.聽

Eaton, an intelligent power management company 鈥 will invest $100,000 over the next three years in 一本道无码鈥檚 CyLab Security and Privacy Institute to support multidisciplinary cybersecurity research and education, building on its existing $350,000 investment.

The 鈥 a key partner in the Workforce Hub 鈥 was created at 一本道无码. Located alongside 一本道无码鈥檚 and affiliate Catalyst Connection, the ARM Institute is central in building the robotics capacity of Mill 19. ARM will use a new grant from the Department of Defense鈥檚 Manufacturing Technology Program to fund a local nonprofit STEM Coding Lab to deliver robotics education to Pittsburgh-area Title I schools and expanding Manufacturing Day programs into rural areas, exposing more school-age children in the Pittsburgh region to manufacturing careers. Additionally, ARM and New Century Careers have launched a program to help train at least 40 dislocated workers annually to re-enter the workforce in high-demand manufacturing jobs 鈥 connecting workers and employers through聽, a new resource for robotics training and employment opportunities.

鈥淚n total, President Biden鈥檚 Investing In America agenda has put $255 million in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County so far,鈥 said Su. 鈥淕ood jobs change lives. They bring dignity and respect to a family, they build strong communities, and they build intergenerational wealth, security and pride.鈥

A roundtable discussion with Jill Biden

Jill Biden speaks during the roundtable discussion.

After the remarks, Biden participated in a panel discussion about the future of work in the region with Quintin B. Bullock, the president of the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC); Robert L. Cherry, CEO of Partner4Work; Darrin Kelly, president of the Allegheny Fayette Labor Council; Victor Mroczkowski, executive vice president of operations at Re:Build Manufacturing; and Gainey and Su.

Mroczkowski spoke about how Re:Build Manufacturing was partnering with Carnegie Mellon to leverage 一本道无码鈥檚 digital technologies, like building of a production line to simulate where the waste exists inside of a manufacturing design in order to continuously improve. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 going to allow us to put the right technologies into making us competitive here in Pittsburgh,鈥 he said.聽

鈥淭his is a remarkable moment for the City of Pittsburgh, including Partner4Work, the ARM Institute and local labor leadership,鈥 Jahanian said. 鈥淭ogether, we are utilizing historic investments in talent, research and infrastructure to build a new model for upskilling and reskilling workers so that they can thrive in today鈥檚 innovation-based economy. We are grateful for the many public and private sector partners involved in this effort and excited to spotlight the role of emerging technologies in fueling Pittsburgh's 鈥 and the nation鈥檚 鈥 bright future.鈥

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