Reuters: U.S.: Manufacturers unveil plans to train veterans for factory jobs

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Manufacturers unveil plans to train veterans for factory jobs Oct 15th 2012, 15:11 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News U.S. manufacturing grows in September for first time since May Mon, Oct 1 2012 CEO confidence drops to three-year low: Roundtable Wed, Sep 26 2012 People attend a military veterans hiring event in New York January 19, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK | Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:11am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four of the largest manufacturers on Monday unveiled plans for a new group committed to train military veterans to work in the manufacturing sector. General Electric Co, Alcoa Inc, Boeing Co and Lockheed-Martin Corp said they would provide an undisclosed amount of financial support to the "Get Skills to Work Coalition," which will initially aim to train some 15,000 veterans. The group, to be announced at an event in New York, will be managed by the Manufacturing Alliance trade organization. Some 600,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States have gone unfilled because companies cannot find workers with the appropriate skills to work in high-tech, high-speed modern factory environments, according to a study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte. That has been a particular frustration for U.S. policymakers as stubbornly high unemployment has been one of the main barriers to the nation's economic recovery from a brutal 2007-2009 recession. The four founding companies collectively employ 64,000 veterans. (Reporting By Nick Zieminski in New York, writing by Scott Malone in Boston; Editing by Dan Grebler) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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