GM

Congressman Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, announced yesterday that employees at the Town of Tonawanda General Motors Power train would be eligible for the Trade Adjustment Assistance program.

A labor department investigation concluded that workers involved in manufacturing the L850, L18 and Inline gasoline engines lost their jobs when the production was shifted to Mexico.

This means those displaced workers are now eligible for job training, job search and relocation allowances, income support, a tax credit to help pay the costs of health insurance and other support services.

The TAA program helps workers who have lost their jobs as a result of foreign trade. The TAA program offers a variety of benefits and services to eligible workers, including job training, income support, job search and relocation allowances, a tax credit to help pay the costs of health insurance, and a wage supplement to certain reemployed trade-affected workers 50 years of age and older.

The Trade Adjustment Assistance Fact Sheet can be found here