California's Apprenticeship Scam From: Freeman | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: Baird, Charles W | Copyright Foundation for Economic Education, Incorporated Dec 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

In 1937 Congress and President Roosevelt enacted the National Apprenticeship Act (NAA), which, sadly, is still in effect. It J enables "the [U.S.] Department of Labor to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices and to cooperate with the states in the promotion of such standards."

Like most New Deal legislation, the NAA was enacted under the widespread illusion that the best way to get out of the Great Depression was to c...

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