Will Indiana’s push to expand apprenticeships leave Black men behind?

INDIANAPOLIS (MIRROR INDY) — When Brandis Stanley walked into his interview for a union electrical apprenticeship program, he was nervous and jittery.

On the surface, Stanley was a promising candidate. He’d already passed the program’s required basic education test. He had a college degree and was no stranger to hard work, having worked in warehouses and driving forklifts.

But Stanley didn’t have much construction experience…

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