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As workforces evolve, unions play key roles in training young and old

Employers have just as much to gain from union-management training initiatives as their union partnersespecially at a time when many traditionally unionized industries are struggling to replacing aging baby boomers who are retiring and taking their skill sets with them.

By Scott Boyd | Updated on August 29, 2017
Employers have just as much to gain from union-management training initiatives as their union partners. (Photo: AP)

Baby boomers, Gen-Xers and millennials may not see eye to eye on everything, but when it comes to surviving and prospering in today’s economy, all generations of union members say they want more opportunities for union-sponsored training and apprenticeships.

For decades, these programs have helped prepare union members for better, more fulfilling jobs that offer higher wages.

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