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The U.S. Department of Labor will provide a grant of up to $9 million to
the state of Louisiana for a dislocated worker project to be operated by the
Louisiana Department of Labor, Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman announced
today. An initial amount of $3 million will be awarded for immediate use in
this project.
"This country needs the talents and skills of all its workers," Herman
said. "This project will help American workers qualify for jobs in the
shipbuilding and marine industries, which have emerging skills shortages, in
Louisiana and the country. We must provide the necessary training and related
services so that our workforce can remain competitive in the global economy."
The award will be used to provide training and employment-related
assistance to approximately 1,500 workers who are unemployed as a result of
layoffs in various industries due to plant closings, and other downsizing
and/or restructuring actions.
The project will be implemented in conjunction with an advisory
committee, established by the state, which includes representatives of the
major employers in the shipbuilding and marine industries, the Louisiana
Department of Education technical school system, and the state AFL-CIO. This
committee has already developed an accelerated training curriculum for welders,
one of the occupations with significant skills shortages in the industry.
The grant is authorized under Title III of the Job Training Partnership
Act (JTPA), which establishes a comprehensive retraining approach to assist
workers who have been, or are about to be, laid off for reasons such as
technological change, foreign competition or government actions. Generally such
workers are eligible if they are unlikely to return to their previous industry
or occupation.
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