$19 million grant for displaced Nummi workers
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis visited Fremont Monday and announced a $19 million federal grant to help thousands of workers who lost their jobs when the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. auto-manufacturing plant closed in April.
Shuttle workers get $15 million grant to find jobs
NASA workers will get $15 million from the federal government to help them search for new jobs and get additional training once the shuttle program ends, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said Wednesday.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Announced New Federal Jobs Training Program for High School Dropouts, Young Adult Offenders
June 18, 2010
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced $20 million in grants to prepare high school dropouts and young adult offenders for future employment at the YouthBuild Program in Southeast Washington, D.C., a neighborhood that has historically been disadvantaged.
US Labor Secretary Solis announces release of $7.8 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Rhode Island
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced during a press conference call the release of $7,820,193 in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to the state of Rhode Island. Rhode Island qualified for a portion of its share of the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act because its unemployment law contains provisions that allow workers to use recent earnings to qualify for benefits