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An Arkansas manufacturer pins hope on apprenticeships

Virco Manufacturing has made school furniture since 1950. Now with competition from imports and an aging workforce, Virco is hoping to build the workforce it needs to survive through apprenticeships.

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Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.

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