An $880,286 federal grant will help people who were laid off from the casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
Last fall, the tribe eliminated about 700 jobs, or about 7 percent of the workforce, at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The money from the Department of Labor's National Emergency Grant will be used to retrain some of them and help them find new jobs.
Connecticut's two tribal casinos have been among the hardest hit in the recession.
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State gets grant for ex-Foxwoods workers
(The Norwich Bulletin 2/27)
Agency gets $880K grant to help region's jobless (The New London Day 2/27)
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Grant to help laid off casino workers in Connecticut
Friday, February 27, 2009
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