The federal government is giving more than $19 million in emergency grants to aid thousands of autoworkers who lost their jobs when Toyota Motor Corp. closed its factory in Fremont.
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Monday that the money will help provide job retraining and other support to more than 4,000 workers affected by the April shutdown of the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant, known as NUMMI.
Solis says the money also will go toward helping employees of suppliers who lost business when the factory closed.
Some of NUMMI's former employees are expected to be rehired when the plant reopens as a joint operation between Toyota and electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc.
Tesla plans to use the factory to build an electric sedan scheduled to go on sale in 2012.
More Federal Aid For Nummi Workers
Labor Secretary: $19M in aid for Nummi workers.
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