The U.S. Department of Labor will provide a $198,495 National Emergency Grant to provide job training and support services to about 120 workers affected by the closure of T-Mobile USA Inc.’s facility in Redmond, Ore.
The funding, awarded to the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, will help eligible workers find re-employment in the state in conjunction with services they will receive as a result of their eligibility for Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits.
Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile is the American subsidiary of German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG. In March 2012, T-Mobile workers at the Redmond location were given notice of that facility’s pending closure.