CWA/NETT is Training Laid Off Paper Company Workers

CWA instructor Dave Cash assists laid-off USW members in Ohio.

CWA/NETT, nationally recognized for providing technical and skill manufacturing training, is offering a new training program for United Steelworkers members laid off at two paper companies near Cincinnati.

Workforce One, the workforce board in Butler County, Ohio, requested that CWA conduct training for the county, based on its expertise in providing similar training to IUE-CWA members. The USW, which partners with CWA in joint health and safety training, donated a local union hall where training is held.

About a third of the nearly 600 workers who were laid off from Mohawk Paper and Smart Paper will participate in the training program; more than 135 have completed the course.

Watch local news coverage about the Butler Workforce One Transition Center, where CWA is conducting the training online here.