releases: http://sablan.house.gov/press-release/nmi-must-stay-focused-training-us-workers
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| http://sablan.house.gov/press-release/nmi-must-stay-focused-training-us-workers | NMI must stay focused on training U.S. workers | 2014-09-26 | 2014 | 2014-09 | Independent | Senate | MP | Gregorio Sablan | S001177 | sablan.house.gov | legacy | NMI must stay focused on training U.S. workers Sep 26, 2014 Saying there are not nearly enough unemployed U.S. workers to fill the jobs now held by foreign workers in the Northern Marianas, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has set the cap on CW workers at 13,999 for FY15. This is virtually unchanged from the FY14 cap of 14,000 and almost 4,000 more than the number who were granted CW (Commonwealth-only Transitional) status in FY13. While investors and developers will be relieved that there will be ample labor available for hotels and other planned projects, we should not lose focus on the continuing need to train U.S. workers. According to the U.S. Department of Labor unemployed U.S. workers could fill as many as 20 percent of the available jobs, if the unemployed had the right skills. Our local government has the responsibility for using effectively the $1.5 million it receives each year in CW fees to train U.S. workers. And employers have the responsibility always to hire locals, if they have the skills and are ready to work. U.S. Public Law 110-229 still requires that there be zero CW workers by the end of 2019. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |