Relief for Workers Affected by International Trade

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) was recently awarded over 398 thousand dollars in grant money to develop training and education modules which will assist Wisconsin workers who have been adversely affected by foreign trade.  The grant is part of the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.

TAA helps workers who have lost their jobs as a result of international trade. The program offers a variety of benefits and services to eligible workers, including job training, income support, job search and relocation allowances, a tax credit to help pay the costs of health insurance, and a wage supplement to certain reemployed trade-affected workers 50 years of age and older.

“In the long run, we must address our nation’s unfair trade policies, such as NAFTA and the WTO, which give advantages to companies that exploit cheap overseas labor,” says David Newby, President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.  “But in the meantime, this grant is an important stopgap measure to help the workers who have already been displaced.”

“The new training modules developed for Wisconsin workers will then be shared with other states,” according to Phil Neuenfeldt, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer.  “We are very excited to be in on the ground floor of this effort.  Our members in manufacturing and other hard hit sectors want a helping hand, not a handout.”

Congresswoman Gwen Moore supports the unions' efforts in creating new and innovated training and retraining modules for a 21st century workforce.

IAMAW affiliates will work together with Wisconsin Workforce Investment Boards, the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Labor Education & Training Center and the Wisconsin Technical College System to provide workers with the information and tools necessary to apply for, prepare for, and follow through with the TAA application process. 

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