Tag: Texas Workforce Commission
Making connections: Brownsville’s GBIC holds third ‘Rally in the Valley’
Cameron County gets healthcare grant to train technicians
Texas leads U.S. in job creation
Texas led the nation in job growth in 2022, adding 650,100 positions, which not only was the largest total increase in jobs added but also claimed the highest percent of seasonally adjusted total non-farm jobs added over the year at 5.0 percent.
Retired Border Patrol agent from Harlingen to take TWC unexpired seat
State jobless rate remains unchanged in November
The state added 33,600 jobs in November to reach another all-time employment record of 13,672,900, Texas Workforce Commission officials said.
New Harlingen training academy is partnership for city, student firefighters
HARLINGEN — The city’s school district and fire department proudly unveiled a new shared training facility Monday that will allow high school students to work toward certification as firefighters, as well as helping city firefighters with training.
TWC labor commissioner Alvarez, Harlingen native, to resign
HARLINGEN — Texas Workforce Commission appointee Julian Alvarez III, a Harlingen native and formerly the chief executive at the Rio Grande Valley Partnership, will leave TWC this month after six years as one of three commissioners at the agency.
State job numbers continue to set records
The Texas economy continues to shore up job losses incurred during the pandemic, adding 40,000 non-farm jobs in September and continuing a string of 11 straight months of record employment.
Harlingen food company lays off 64 workers
HARLINGEN — A local cold storage facility embroiled in a major recall of frozen meals has filed notice with the Texas Workforce Commission of the permanent layoffs of 64 employees.
Big money: Workforce Commission awards hospital training grant
Julian Alvarez, commissioner representing labor for the Texas Workforce Commission, on Wednesday presented a $1.7 million check to DHR Health and Workforce Solutions Cameron at a ceremony held at the soon-to-open DHR hospital in Brownsville.