In appropriate circumstances, the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program (TAA) represents another funding vehicle to support apprenticeship. To learn more about how TAA and apprenticeship work together, click here.

DOL has released its FY 2017 Annual Report to Congress. In FY 2017 (October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017), an estimated 94,017 workers became eligible for TAA benefits and services and 43,615 participants received services. Over 63 percent of TAA participants that exited the program received training, and over 89 percent of those who completed training received a credential. See the full report here.

On June 5, 2017, the United States International Trade Commission (the Commission) received an amended and properly filed petition for import relief pursuant to Section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the Act) (19 U.S.C. § 2252) to determine whether large residential washers (LRWs) are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported articles. Download the PDF.

On May 17, 2017, the United States International Trade Commission (the Commission) received an amended and properly filed petition for import relief pursuant to Section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the Act) (19 U.S.C. § 2252) to determine whether Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (CSPV) cells (Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled Into Other Products) are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported articles. Download the PDF.

After seven years of work with a company in Massachusetts, Fanggit Matias was laid off through no fault of her own. Searching for a way to support herself and her three children, Matias clung to the mantra, "The first thing you have to do is believe in yourself; then anything is possible." Read More of Fanggit's story.

Workers like Yodalsy Santoyo whose livelihoods are affected by global trade are the reason that the Department of Labor administers the TAA Program, which provides adversely affected workers with opportunities to obtain the skills, credentials, resources, and support they need to become reemployed. Read more of Yodalsy's story.