ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Today, October 21, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, will highlight more than $2.5 million he has secured through the Appropriations process for the United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 412 (U.A. Local 412) to operate a mobile training unit that provides pre-apprenticeship training to New Mexicans living in rural and Tribal communities. The mobile training unit is creating more pathways to in-demand careers in the skilled trades and has already trained dozens of New Mexicans in Española, Taos, Las Vegas, Mora, Raton, and Santa Fe. Heinrich will also participate in a training demo with U.A. Local 412 leadership and apprentices learning skills in the plumbing, pipefitting, and HVAC trades.

Heinrich has long championed proven workforce training programs like U.A. Local 412's apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs that are growing the middle class, creating and connecting New Mexicans to high-quality careers they can access in their communities, and continuing New Mexico's leading role in the clean energy transition that is being built by union workers in the skilled trades.

Last year, he introduced the Apprenticeship Pathways Act, legislation to create pathways to careers for high school students by expanding access to apprenticeship programs for occupations with high need, including the building trades, healthcare, manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, and early childhood education. Earlier this year, Heinrich introduced the Pre-Apprenticeships To Hardhats (PATH) Act, legislation to strengthen the pipeline for careers in New Mexico, address rising workforce shortages, and grow the state's economy through quality pre-apprenticeship programs.

Monday, October 21, 2024

Mobile Training Unit Demo & Media Availability

WHEN: Press check-in at 1 p.m.

WHAT: Heinrich will participate in a training demo with U.A. Local 412 Plumbers & Pipefitters apprentices and see how their mobile training unit is creating more pathways to in-demand careers in the skilled trades and serving rural and tribal communities across New Mexico. In its first year of operation, the mobile training unit has trained dozens of New Mexicans in Española, Taos, Las Vegas, Mora, Raton, and Santa Fe, and is heading to Pojoaque in November.

Following the demo, Heinrich will host a brief media availability.

WHO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich

United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 412 leadership and apprentices

WHERE: Albuquerque. Location provided upon RSVP.

RSVP here.