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Apple CEO Underlines Shortage of Career Tech Education

During an interview on Sunday’s broadcast of 60 Minutes, Apple CEO Tim Cook argued that it was an abundance of skilled workers and not cheap labor that lured Apple to locate manufacturing operations in China. Cook’s remarks underline a critical flaw in Washington...

Apprenticeship Builds Confidence, Not Just Skills

Beverly Sandoval grew up in Auburn, Washington, a small city south of Seattle where aerospace and manufacturing took flight after World War II. It’s a city that transformed from farming to industrial, which cultivated a new generation of blue collar workers to support...

Apprenticeships Can Change Lives, AJAC Grad Says

AJAC graduated its largest class ever during a ceremony at the Museum of Flight on June 24: 40 men and women from 28 companies statewide, who had either completed a four-year course to become journeymen machinists or a two-year course to earn a precision metal...

Apprenticeships Deliver Big in Washington State

by Hans D. Stroo on December 29, 2014 Long term unemployment is a stubborn problem in the state of Washington, where about 200,000 residents have exhausted all their unemployment benefits since July 2008. At least 118,000 of them remain unemployed. Though overall...

Are Washington Lawmakers Jumping the Gun on Nuclear Energy?

Nuclear energy has been the subject of vigorous debate for decades, punctuated by the emergence of new technologies and unfortunate accidents. This session, Washington legislators took a serious look at further incorporating nuclear into the state’s energy profile....

Become an Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing Apprentice

Why Choose a Career in Aerospace and Manufacturing? In Washington State, 132,500 people have a good paying career in aerospace manufacturing. Over the next five years, the state will need 7,200 additional aerospace workers to build thousands of new products, such as...

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