The Soldier for Life Podcast

 S15E11 Task Force Movement Task Force Movement works with the private sector, military, academia, and government and nongovernment organizations to help identify and solve problems that our military and veteran families face when it comes to finding civilian employment AND to help create smoother civilian career pathways for the military community. Learn more from […]

Honoring Women Veterans in the Elevator Trade

Women Veterans Recognition Day honors the contributions of women in the United States Armed Forces, marking the anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948, which allowed women to serve in the regular and reserve forces during peacetime. Before this, women could only serve as nurses unless it was wartime. Phyllis Wilson, a […]

Task Force Movement Recognizes Union Apprenticeship Programs Helmets to Hardhats

Helmets to Hardhats

Task Force Movement Recognizes Union Apprenticeship Programs www.helmetstohardhats.org    “As a Senior Advisory Board Member for Task Force Movement and as the General President of IUEC  we encourage Military Veterans and transitioning service members to participate in Union Apprenticeship Programs. You have earned our respect and will always have a seat at the table. For our existing members who […]

Transportation secretary in Lehigh Valley to announce veterans training program at LCCC, check airport progress

After serving as a hospital corpsman in the Navy, Allentown resident Matthew Marcano was looking for a career. He found it as a truck driver. On Tuesday, Mareano told an audience that about finding the opportunity for a second career at Lehigh Carbon Community College’s commercial driver’s license training program.

Your View: Veterans help solve supply chain problem caused by truck driver shortage

By PATRICK J. MURPHY August 11, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. Most of us didn’t give much thought to the supply chain until our normal lives were disrupted by the pandemic. But now, these concerns have become real kitchen table issues for the first time in recent memory as families confront increasing costs and empty shelves. One […]

Remarks on the Trucking Action Plan to Strengthen Our Nation’s Supply Chains

I think she can do anything she wants, don’t you? Well, hello, everyone. It’s an honor to welcome you to the White House out on the lawn here. I heard that helicopter going by. I was hoping the helo wasn’t going to land. (Laughter.) Maria, thanks for sharing your story. And my buddy, Patrick Murphy, […]

The White House Wants to Save America by Putting Veterans in Trucking Jobs

Trucking Jobs

America’s trucking industry moves 72% of American goods, but needs 80,000 new truckers to keep the country moving. To answer this critical supply chain need, Task Force Movement is launching the Veterans Trucking Task Force to put veterans in driver’s seats. The Veterans Trucking Task Force will work with national veterans organizations to create a […]

FACT SHEET: The Administration’s Unprecedented Actions to Expand and Improve Trucking Jobs

Since Day 1, the Administration has taken on the supply chain disruptions and price increases resulting from the decades-long lack of investment in the nation’s goods movement supply chain. The Administration enacted the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to bring our infrastructure to the 21st century, worked with ports to clear the docks and gets good moving, […]