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News Release
US Department of Labor certifies more than 2,300 workers in 14 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 2,329 workers from companies in 14 states – Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin – are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
"The U.S. Department of Labor is committed to supporting all of the nation's workers – including those who lose their jobs because their companies relocate abroad," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "Through the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, we are leveraging opportunities for displaced workers to acquire new occupational skills, which will help them secure good jobs in emerging areas of their local economies."
Workers covered by these latest TAA certifications will be contacted by their respective states with instructions on how to apply for individual benefits and services. Those who apply may receive case management and re-employment services, training in new occupational skills and trade readjustment allowances that provide income support for workers enrolled in training. Some workers may also receive job search and relocation allowances, and the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC).
Workers 50 years of age and older may elect to receive Re-employment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA). If a worker obtains new employment at wages less than $55,000 and less than those earned in adversely affected employment, the RTAA program will pay 50 percent of the difference between the old wage and the new wage, up to $12,000 over a two-year period. RTAA participants may also be eligible for retraining and the HCTC.
For more information on TAA and the range of Department of Labor employment and training services, visit http://www.doleta.gov.
Editor's Note: A chart reflecting companies covered by these certifications is below.
TAA Certifications
Company | City | State |
Colorite Specialty Resins | Burlington | N.J. |
True Textiles Inc. | Lancaster | S.C. |
True Textiles Inc. | New York | N.Y. |
Pine Hosiery Mills Inc. | Star | N.C. |
Avery Dennison IBMB | Rock Hill | S.C. |
Jabil Circuit Inc. | Billerica | Mass. |
Barber Brake Beam LLC | Saint Joseph | Mich. |
Accretech USA Inc. | Boise | Idaho |
Pandora Manufacturing LLC | Pandora | Ohio |
Thermo EGS Gauging Inc. | Wilmington | Mass. |
Moody's Analytics Inc. | South Bend | Ind. |
Siemens Building Technologies Inc. | Florham Park | N.J. |
DeLong Sportswear | Grinnell | Iowa |
USP Holding Corp. – doing business as US Products | Coeur d'Alene | Idaho |
Parker Hannifin Corp. | Lyons | N.Y. |
Fraser Papers LTD | Madawaska | Maine |
Maersk Line | Charlotte | N.C. |
GPSG, Unit of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen | Raritan | N.J. |
DeLong Sportswear | Atlantic | Iowa |
DeLong Sportswear | Albia | Iowa |
Albany International Corp. | Portland | Tenn. |
West Allis Ductile Iron | West Allis | Wis. |
Managed Business Solutions LLC | Colorado Springs | Colo. |