Thursday, July 12, 2012

Grant to Help Unemployed Miners

U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller, along with Representative Nick Rahall announced Thursday that Workforce West Virginia is getting a $1.8 million grant to provide reemployment services to about 200 West Virginia workers affected by layoffs in the mining industry. The National Emergency Grant from the Department of Labor will be managed by the United Mine Workers of America Career Centers.