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Improve Options For Displaced Workers |
"Obama and Biden will also modernize and expand the existing system of trade adjustment assistance to include workers hurt by changing trade patterns. They will also create flexible education accounts that workers can use to retrain. And they will fully fund apprenticeship programs to help workers get credentials and skills in crafts that reward that investment with a middle class income and benefits."
-- BarackObama.com
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FEBRUARY 17, 2009
Stimulus Bill Becomes Law
The final version of the stimulus bill includes Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits for an additional 160,000 downsized workers, as well as extended unemployment benefits and $4 billion for job training. |
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JANUARY 29, 2009
Houses Passes Stimulus Bill, Provides Funds For Unemployed
The House-approved economic recovery plan allocates $43 billion to extend unemployment benefits through Dec. 31 and offer job training. |
