The U.S. needs 1.7 million skilled trades workers a year. Ford wants to help train them
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In today’s CEO Daily: Inside a plan to find the next generation of workers. The big leadership story: When companies threaten to move The markets: Mostly up to close out the month. Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Good morning from Detroit, where I am moderating a conversation with several CEOs this afternoon at the Ford Pro Accelerate summit. The focus is not on the next generation of products, but on what it will take for the next generation of workers to build them. With at least 2.1 million skilled trades jobs likely to go unfilled by 2030, Ford CEO Jim Farley decided last year to bring together leaders to talk about how to boost the “essential economy.” Now, Ford is back for a second year with more data, a dashboard, and a plan to address the problem. Part of that plan was forming the “Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades” in July with BlackRock, Google, and Carhartt. This morning, the group released “The State of America’s Skilled Trades: A National…