The Facts About Apprenticeship Programs
in California
According to statistics provided by the California Department of Industrial Relations for 2001, the vast majority of state-approved apprenticeship training is provided in Joint Management-Labor Apprenticeship Programs.
- 91% of all construction apprentices (57,000), are enrolled in joint management-labor programs.
- 95% of all women are in joint labor-management programs. (3,739 vs. 193).
- 90% of all Hispanics are in joint programs.. (21,598 vs. 2,257).
ABC programs only have 39% minorities in their programs, and they only graduate 3% of all of their students. The ABC Golden Gate chapter failed to graduate a single apprentice after ten years of operation.
Joint programs have 55% minorities and they graduate nearly 85% on average.
In California, there are over 250 union-sponsored apprenticeship programs for every type of building and construction trade. These programs are training students who live and work in the California. These programs invest nearly $9,000 a year per student on average. Unions spend $200 million a year for apprenticeship programs in California.
| Joint Female | Joint Male | Joint Total | Non-union Female | Non-union Male | Non-Union Total | Total Ethnic | |
| Am Indian | 82 | 821 | 903 | 6 | 56 | 62 | 955 |
| Asian/Pacific | 90 | 1,689 | 1,779 | 6 | 199 | 205 | 1,984 |
| Black | 917 | 5,277 | 6,194 | 28 | 299 | 327 | 6,521 |
| Caucasian | 1,795 | 24,155 | 25,950 | 117 | 2,467 | 2,584 | 28,534 |
| Filipino | 52 | 759 | 811 | 2 | 79 | 81 | 892 |
| Hispanic | 803 | 20,795 | 21,598 | 34 | 2,223 | 2,257 | 23,855 |
| Total | 3,739 | 53,496 | 57,235 | 193 | 5,323 | 5,516 | 62,751 |