ABC Rocky Mountain President & CEO Jack Tate recently joined state and national leaders at the Colorado Business Roundtable’s 2025 Future of Work event, an influential forum exploring the evolving landscape of workforce development in Colorado and across the country.
The event featured a keynote conversation with U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who made her first official visit to Colorado. The Secretary emphasized the Trump Administration’s national workforce priorities, including expanding registered apprenticeships, responsibly integrating AI into the labor economy, and strengthening the connection between education and employment systems. She underscored the importance of bipartisan collaboration and listening to regional leaders to guide federal workforce policy.
During the event, Secretary Chavez-DeRemer addressed several timely issues, including Project Labor Agreements, immigration reform, onshoring, and the need to modernize the H-1B visa process. She affirmed her commitment to partnering with both union and non-union organizations and concluded with a message of action and unity: “We’ll get the work done for the American people and the American worker.”
Jack Tate contributed to the dialogue by sharing ABC’s mission and its role in shaping Colorado’s construction workforce. In his remarks, Tate reflected on his past experience as a state legislator and how it continues to inform ABC’s current workforce initiatives.
“Making sure opportunity is accessible, training is high quality, and outcomes serve both employers and workers is at the heart of what we do,” Tate said. “We’re not just focused on filling jobs—we’re helping people build careers. And the way to do that is through fair and open competition, where people succeed based on performance and effort, not politics.”
ABC Rocky Mountain continues to play a leading role in workforce development across the state, working closely with schools, employers, and community partners to open career pathways in construction for students and jobseekers alike.
For more information about ABC Rocky Mountain’s workforce initiatives, apprenticeship programs, and partnerships, visit www.abcrmc.org.
