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Katie Spiker

Katie Spiker

Katie Spiker is a federal policy analyst for National Skills Coalition and has worked with apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs across the country. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and a 2015 Ford Public Voices Fellow.

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‘Pre-Apprentice’ Programs Can Break Open Jobs for Women

By: Katie Spiker | December 23, 2015

Women have been stuck at low rates of apprenticeships for decades. The government is now working to expand this vital on-the-job training to new industries and this time we should make sure women don’t miss the boat.

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