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Labor Department reports ~318,000 apprentices since January 2025

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Department of Labor's reported active apprenticeship count equals approximately 318,000 apprentices accumulated since January 2025.

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer continued her "America at Work" listening tour with visits to West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, meeting workers, industry leaders and local officials. She toured Appalachian Power’s John E. Amos coal plant, the Keeneland horseracing facility in Lexington, and TVA’s Cumberland Fossil Plant, emphasizing workplace safety, alternative pathways into the labor force and workforce development. Chavez-DeRemer reiterated a White House directive to reach 1 million active apprentices and said the department has enrolled about 318,000 apprentices since January 2025.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s official news release (Jan. 22, 2026) states the Secretary “shared a progress report of having reached approximately 318,000 apprentices since January 2025.” DOL is the primary source for that claim, and the wording in the release matches the statement. Verdict: True — the Department did report that figure in its Jan. 22, 2026 press release; the number is DOL’s self-reported progress metric.

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  1. Update · Jan 23, 2026, 05:24 AMTrue
    The U.S. Department of Labor’s official news release (Jan. 22, 2026) states the Secretary “shared a progress report of having reached approximately 318,000 apprentices since January 2025.” DOL is the primary source for that claim, and the wording in the release matches the statement. Verdict: True — the Department did report that figure in its Jan. 22, 2026 press release; the number is DOL’s self-reported progress metric.
  2. Original article · Jan 22, 2026
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