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‘All of $1.7M CW fund distributed’

Responding to queries on the expenditure of contract worker-related fees meant to spur the training of the local workforce, CNMI Department of Labor Secretary Edith DeLeon Guerrero shared a chart breaking down distributions approved for the local trades school and Northern...
Posted On Jul 08 2016 06:00
, By Dennis B. Chan

Chamber open to increasing minimum wage past $6.55

Against criticism, Saipan Chamber of Commerce president Velma Palacios said yesterday that local businesses are not suppressing wages to the detriment of attracting more local workers and that in fact, a majority of businesses have been paying dollars higher than the minimum wage...
Posted On Jul 07 2016 06:06
, By Dennis B. Chan

Demapan ask Labor for report on use of CW fee funds

Rep. Angel Demapan (R-Saipan) wants to know how this fiscal year’s Commonwealth Worker Fee funds were spent by the local government, after being told by the local trades school that these funds are almost depleted and how this could “drastically reduce or cancel” the school’s...
Posted On Jul 06 2016 06:06
, By Dennis B. Chan

Torres says they continue to encourage feds on CW fixes

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres says they continue to encourage federal immigration officials to address immediate fixes to the effects on businesses and foreign workers with a breached cap on contract workers this fiscal year. In an interview last week, the governor said he has met with...
Posted On Jul 05 2016 06:09
, By Dennis B. Chan
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