So now we might have to pay for the retraining of these "green Jobs" People so they might be able to get a real job?
Solyndra Workers Looking for Non-Green Jobs - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online
Ex-employees of the failed solar panel company Solyndra have applied for aid under the federal governments Trade Adjustment Assistance program, the Labor Department has confirmed.
If approved, the employees of what was once touted as a leading exemplar of the White Houses green jobs program will be eligible for more federal funds to enable them to be retrained for other jobs.
It would be an ironic coda to the saga of Solyndra, which manufactured solar panels and received $527 million in loan guarantees from the Energy Department and praise from President Obama during visits to the firms California headquarters.
Now those green workers will be seeking the governments help to find work again and not necessarily in the conservation jobs sector.
A source at the department confirmed the request for assistance was received on Sept. 2, just two days after the company filed bankruptcy, placing all 1,100 employees out of work.
It is being evaluated, the source told IBD, noting that most applications take 60 days for approval.
The Solyndra application could be complicated by the fact the company is the subject of a federal probe. FBI officers raided the firms headquarters earlier this month.
Solyndra Workers Looking for Non-Green Jobs - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online