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Reports: Trump DOL cuts more than $500 million in international labor projects.

Mar 27, 2025

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6 min read

Reports: Trump DOL cuts more than $500 million in international labor projects.

What it means and why the Trump Administration's explanation doesn't make sense.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The places that make it hard to work.

Mar 25, 2025

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12 min read

The places that make it hard to work.

Poor workforce participation has deep roots in rocky soil. Here is how funders and workforce programs can get better results in states where it is an issue.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

Will the Trump Administration spend the money Congress just gave it?
LockSimple

Mar 21, 2025

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21 min read

Will the Trump Administration spend the money Congress just gave it?

Plus, a bellwether on Trump workforce policy, that whole union-friendly Trump Administration hasn't arrived yet, and this week's grants listings.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
Senate Republicans wanted to stop child labor. DOGE just cut cash that does that.
LockSimple

Mar 20, 2025

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17 min read

Senate Republicans wanted to stop child labor. DOGE just cut cash that does that.

DOGE apparently claimed its first DOL grants. Here's what they did and why that's bad for fighting child labor and positioning American goods in a trade war.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The end of good jobs. For now.

Mar 18, 2025

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15 min read

The end of good jobs. For now.

Trump, Republicans, and even Democrats have tilted away from workforce programs that lead to good jobs. They shouldn't.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

So... it looks like we're cutting workforce money at a bad time.
LockSimple

Mar 14, 2025

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18 min read

So... it looks like we're cutting workforce money at a bad time.

Congress does Congress things, DOL gets official leaders in a weird week, and this week's workforce grants listings.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
We're talking about apprenticeship from the wrong angle.

Mar 11, 2025

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17 min read

We're talking about apprenticeship from the wrong angle.

America's main quality control method for apprenticeship is seen as a barrier to scaling it, but that's not what it was built to do.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The Trump Administration takes a stand... against ‘family-sustaining jobs.’
LockSimple

Mar 10, 2025

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14 min read

The Trump Administration takes a stand... against ‘family-sustaining jobs.’

Plus, a grant-by-grant rundown on the changes made by the Trump Administration for DOL applicants.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
The Trump Administration quietly ends quality in pre-apprenticeship programs.

Mar 7, 2025

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6 min read

The Trump Administration quietly ends quality in pre-apprenticeship programs.

The Administration has deleted important guidance for a key entry point to one of its workforce priorities.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle

THE MONEY

Grants update: Terms of engagement.
LockSimple

Mar 7, 2025

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19 min read

Grants update: Terms of engagement.

Key things to know about your terms and conditions as part of the latest attempt to freeze funding, plus this week's listings.

Nick Beadle
Nick Beadle
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