MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK
By / Robin Brunet Tony Stephens recalls an incident at a career center last February, shortly after he became a full-time training director for Local 24 Dayton Area JATC in Ohio.
He says, “A young man approached my predecessor Eugene Frazier—who made our apprenticeship program what it is today—and told him, ‘You gave a talk at my school when I was in grade 8, and it changed me.’ After one year of apprenticeship, this 17 year old was already working for a local company and on track to making $62,000 annually.” 4 » Partners in Progress » www.pinp.org