Green light for green jobs retraining?
Thousands of auto workers, laid off when a California auto plant closed up shop, will get $19 million worth of federal help for re-training, US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced Monday.
The funds will help provide counseling, assistance, training and assessment benefits to those not qualified to receive help through the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance program (note the user-unfriendly web page you can link to if you’re out of a job). (more…)
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