Labor Sec.: ‘Americans Want to Work, American Companies Want to Hire’

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ACOSTA: "I especially want to thank the work that has been done by Ivanka Trump and the Office of American innovation to develop the proposals that we'll be talking about this week. I’ll be traveling with her tomorrow to Wisconsin where we will be looking at some excellent programs. Her leadership on this issue has been invaluable. As you know by now, the President will be making an important announcement regarding apprenticeships this week. He'll be visiting the Department of Labor on Wednesday. There are currently 6 million job openings in the United States, vacant jobs that can be filled. This is the highest number of job vacancies ever. A Business Roundtable survey released just last week found that 95 percent of executives reported problems finding qualified workers. Americans want to work. American companies want to hire."