Grant to help retrain workers from shuttered plant
An emergency grant can help retrain some of the workers who have been laid off from the XL Four Star Beef plant in Nampa, Idaho. The plant closed two months ago, laying off 522 of employees.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced it would give a $2 million grant to the Idaho Department of Labor so that it could retrain the laid-off workers. The state will use the money to do career counseling, retraining and teach English. The grant will be enough to help about 250 people, reports KTVB News.