TRAINING DAYS: Education programs plagued by lack of money, opportunity
Published: February 24, 2010
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By Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Four hundred does not go into 20, no matter how optimistic the math. That was the harsh reality for the 400 unemployed people who attended a series of Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board meetings in December and January to chase 20 landscaping jobs with the Milwaukee Department of Public Works. The [...]