Racine Co. to help workers of Echo Lake Foods

RACINE CO. (WITI) -- The Racine County Workforce Development Center, in partnership with the State Department of Workforce Development Center, will offer an Informational Briefing to the Echo Lake Foods’ workforce facing job loss due to the massive fire at the Echo Lake Foods facility in Burlington, WI. 

All Echo Lake employees are invited to one of three Informational Briefings to be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Briefings are scheduled at 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at Veterans Terrace, 589 Milwaukee Avenue, in Burlington, WI.  The purpose of these Informational Briefings is to provide Echo Lake employees with transition services ranging from unemployment insurance and job search assistance to information on local community resources. 

Bi-lingual staff will be available to assist Spanish speaking workers and the following additional services will be available: