The suggested remedy is to attempt to retrain with a $3000 government handout. There are hundreds of thousands of people with 4 year degrees that are out of work. Good technical degrees. They are not unskilled, yet they can not find employment. If people that already have the skills can't find a job, what hope does an unskilled worker have?
The short answer is that there is no difference between a worker with a skill that's not in demand and a worker with no skill at all. We got lots of good steelworkers in this country, but most of 'em aren't in the steel biz anymore.