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Pete Buttigieg: “It used to be maybe a dozen union electrical workers in an…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Deans Forum - A Conversation with Pete Buttigieg: "Leadership, Innovation and the Next Generation"

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The data centers are $10 billion projects. The last time I was here officially as secretary, I met with electrical worker apprentices in classes with more than 200 people at a time. It used to be maybe a dozen union electrical workers in an apprentice class, if you were lucky. That kind of growth is incredible. And yeah, I am proud that we had something to do with it, that we invested in this community both in ways that were … (17:29–17:35)

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Asserts that previously, apprentice classes for union electrical workers in South Bend had about a dozen people.

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