President Donald Trump on Wednesday awarded nine U.S. companies with a “Pledge To America’s Workers Presidential Award” under the administration’s initiative to create and maintain jobs for Americans through promoting education and training opportunities for Americans. Advisors to the president, Ivanka Trump and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, on Wednesday hosted a ceremony—the first of its kind—to present the awards. The new presidential award “recognizes the demonstrated excellence and commitment to the education and training of an organization’s workforce.”
According to the White House, the award was created in July 2018 to call on the private sector to invest in advancing the nation’s current and future workforce. “Through the White House’s Pledge to America’s Workers, the Trump administration challenged the private sector to make a major investment in the education and training of their workers to ensure Americans have the skills necessary to remain the best in the world,” the president’s daughter …
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