The Times of Trenton Editorial Board wrote:
A non-profit organization working to improve the state’s urban communities says it’s found a key to economic prosperity in a tried-and-true labor arrangement that’s been with us for generations.
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice sees apprenticeships as a way to build a skilled workforce while putting women and minorities on an even playing field with other job applicants.
The approach has much to recommend it, especially for unemployed workers who continue to struggle in the long shadow of the 2008 recession.
In a stroke of cosmic good timing, the institute issued a report extolling the virtues of apprentice programs at the same time Gov. Phil Murphy has launched such an initiative through the state’s Department of Labor.