29 U.S.C. § 50 : US Code - Section 50: Promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship

Search 29 U.S.C. § 50 : US Code - Section 50: Promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship

The Secretary of Labor is authorized and directed to formulate
and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to
safeguard the welfare of apprentices, to extend the application of
such standards by encouraging the inclusion thereof in contracts of
apprenticeship, to bring together employers and labor for the
formulation of programs of apprenticeship, to cooperate with State
agencies engaged in the formulation and promotion of standards of
apprenticeship, and to cooperate with the Secretary of Education in
accordance with section 17 of title 20. For the purposes of this
chapter the term "State" shall include the District of Columbia.