Siemens employee Jackie Bray mentioned in State of the Union Address

Jackie Bray, a Kings Mountain, N.C. woman who works at Siemens Energy as a process operator, was mentioned in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Bray landed the high-tech job through a career retraining program, according to The Shelby Star. “I want every American looking to have the same opportunity as [...]

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President Obama, Clinton to announce energy saving program

President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton will announce on Friday, Dec. 9, a $4 billion effort to increase the energy efficiency of government and private sector buildings, aiming for fuel savings and job creation at no cost to taxpayers, according to Jim Kuhnhenn at the Associated Press. The proposal would upgrade buildings over [...]

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Obama to tour IBEW training center

Today, President Barack Obama will meet with his  Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in a training center for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Pittsburgh. The jobs group includes executives from General Electric, Xerox, Facebook and American Express and it was formed by Obama to advise him on job creation and other economic matters. [...]

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