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DEVAL L. PATRICK

Governor

TIMOTHY P. MURRAY

Lieutenant Governor

SUZANNE M. BUMP

Secretary

May 12, 2009 - For immediate release:

Patrick-Murray Administration To Announce Recovery Funds For Workers On North Shore, Thursday

Who:  On Thursday, May 14th, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development
            Suzanne M. Bump will visit adult training classrooms and meet with
            unemployed workers in Lynn, as well as make an announcement relative to
            recovery funds for workforce training. The funds are for the North Shore
            Workforce Investment Board, which includes the communities of Beverly,
            Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield,
            Manchester-by the-Sea, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody,
            Rockport, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, and Wenham.


What
:  An announcement regarding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
           funding to help Massachusetts workers access training opportunities. In
           addition, Secretary Bump will visit two training classes in-session at the
           North Shore Career Center in Lynn, as well as meet with unemployed
           workers.

       

Where:    North Shore Career Center -- Lynn
            
     181 Union St.
                 Lynn, MA
                

When:     Thursday, May 14th
 
                        11:00am – 12:00pm
                  Members of the press – please arrive a few minutes early to set up.


Agenda:
 11:00am-11:30am

                  Secretary Bump arrives at career center and visits students in training
                  classrooms.

                 11:30am-12:00pm

                  Secretary Bump makes an announcement relative to recovery worker
                   training funds for the North Shore.