Delphi workers to receive help from federal program

WARREN — Some 2,000 workers at area Delphi Packard Electric operations have been certified to receive federally paid training and job-placement assistance.

U.S. Rep. Timothy Ryan of Niles, D-17th, announced today that the Trade Adjustment Assistance program will help workers displaced by foreign competition that produced wiring and connector components at Delphi facilities in Warren, Rootstown, Vienna, Howland and Cortland.

Those who qualify are also any subsidiaries of Delphi Corp. who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 19, 2008.

All workers in the group threatened with total or partial separation are eligible to apply for TAA benefits, according to a Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration investigator.

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