Legislative Alert
Senate Letter Supporting Reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
… for decades. We have fought diligently over the years to stop outsourcing and ensure that workers have the job training benefits to compete when their jobs are shipped overseas through no fault of their own. That is why we are disappointed with those who have blocked reauthorization of the TAA program that provides workers with the job training benefits necessary to reskill and make America more competitive. As the most recent Department of Labor report on … access to two years of job retraining benefits and income support. A recent study highlights that workers who received training gained a net economic benefit of $50,000 more than their counterparts without access to training.2 With the recent …