Meta and Mike Rowe launch $115M trade-training program that guarantees jobs to future welders, plumbers, electricians

Ana Maria Rus

Amid widespread anxiety that AI could wipe out jobs , Meta has announced America’s Workforce Academy —  a $115 million training program for electricians , welders, plumbers and fiber technicians that guarantees each trainee a job upon graduation. “People want to be part of this economic transformation but they don’t have a pathway,” Dina Powell McCormick, President and Vice Chairman at Meta, told The Post. “The future is for technicians. The future is for electricians. The future is for welders.