Mike Rowe, the producer and talent for the show “Dirty Jobs, is a self-proclaimed blue collar worker has made it his mission to revitalize the skilled trades that made America great! During his testimony in front of the United States Senate, along with Secretary of Education Duncan Mr. Rowe expressed that the skills gap is real and getting wider. During his speech, he expressed, “presently American manufacturing is stressed to fill 200,000 vacant positions. There are 450,000 openings in trades, transportation and utilities. In Alabama, a third of all skilled tradesmen are over 55. They're retiring fast, and no one is there to replace them”. Mike, also stated the truth about why we are in the condition we are in by stating, “In high schools,
