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Let your local elected officials know you support the Apprenticeship Advantage!
Dear Fontana Unified School District Board Members,
As an interested community member, I am writing to urge you not to proceed with implementing a Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) within your district.
CWAs may appear to promote fairness, but they discriminate against qualified, hardworking apprentices from participating simply because they are not union-affiliated. Many of these apprentices are residents training through state-approved programs and depend on these projects for hands-on experience to advance their careers. A PLA would completely block them out and take away their opportunity to work.
We urge you to reject the use of CWAs and instead implement policies that support all qualified workers, regardless of union membership. Let’s keep public projects open, competitive, and accessible.
Please support your local workforce and small businesses training tomorrow’s skilled laborers. Do not move forward with this CWA.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
