Article: Grants of $12.4 million will train U.S. workers for information technology and health care jobs often filled by foreign workers.

M2 PRESSWIRE-16 February 2000-US DEPT OF LABOR: Grants of $12.4 million will train U.S. workers for information technology and health care jobs often filled by foreign workers (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding $12.4 million in grants to train American workers for high-skill jobs in places where companies are facing labor shortages in those fields. The grants are funded by a portion of the $500 fee employers pay for each visa to import temporary workers from other countries.

"We have a growing crisis in the technology sector because of the shortage of trained workers," President Clinton ...

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