February 06, 2026 - Philadelphia, PA
Governor Josh Shapiro joined Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger, labor leaders, contractors, and industry stakeholders at Steamfitters Local Union 420 to announce a $3 million investment to expand Pennsylvania's workforce and train workers for in-demand jobs in key fields. The funding through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant will support the expansion of Local 420's training center, ensuring more Pennsylvanians can access high-quality apprenticeship opportunities that lead to stable, good-paying jobs while helping employers meet workforce needs.The apprentices trained through this program will graduate with zero debt and the high-tech skills needed to work on major economic development projects like Amazon's $20 billion plan - the largest private-sector investment in Pennsylvania history - to build new AI and cloud computing campuses or Eli Lilly's $3.5 billion expansion project to build a new, state-of-the-art drug manufacturing facility in Lehigh County which the Governor announced just last week."There are many paths to success - and here in Pennsylvania, we respect and invest in all of them," said Governor Shapiro. "By investing in apprenticeships like the ones here at Steamfitters Local 420, we're training Pennsylvanians for the jobs that fuel our economic growth and position our Commonwealth to compete and win for decades to come."Speaker List:Governor Josh ShapiroSecretary Rick Siger, PA Department of Community and Economic DevelopmentJim Snell, Business Manager, Steamfitters Local 420Aliza Goldstein, Apprentice, Steamfitters Local 420
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