Burdick Job Corps the next thing on Trump’s chopping block

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 1, 2025

MINOT – The Trump Administration has announced he is “pausing” all contractor-operated Job Corps by June 30, 2025.

North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, “For decades, the Burdick Job Corps has provided life-changing programs to train young people to advance in their careers. It’s unconscionable to close this vital service when we are in the middle of a workforce shortage. Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson started Job Corps, and North Dakota Democratic-NPL legislators have fought hard to address our current workforce crisis. A month ago, Trump was forcing layoffs at the Minot-based North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities. When are Fedorchak, Hoeven, and Cramer going to stand up for us and tell Trump and Musk to keep their hands off North Dakota?”

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Laura Dronen
Communications Director
laura.dronen@demnpl.com