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MONROE —Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) stopped at South Piedmont Community College Thursday during for his "Creating Jobs through Workforce Training" tour.

SPCC officials led Hudson on a tour of the college. Afterwards, he participated in a short round table discussion with members of the college, local officials and others.

Karissa Minn -

SALISBURY — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson met with Rowan-Cabarrus Community College leaders Tuesday as part of what he called a “Job Creation through Workforce Training” tour.

But his focus wasn’t on creating jobs. It was on creating qualified workers for the jobs that are already out there.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 12 million people unemployed nationwide, but 3.6 million jobs are still unfilled.

HARRISBURG, N.C. – “Jobs, jobs, jobs” are the main issues for 8th District Congressman Richard Hudson, who met with local business and government leaders at Harrisburg Town Hall Tuesday morning.

Hudson told the group that jobs were his top priority and that he had worked to pass the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803) to simplify federal job training.

Currently there are more than 50 federal job training programs which are confusing to potential workers and hard to access, Hudson said.

David Whisenant -

SALISBURY - While economists agree that unemployment is down across the nation, there are still thousands in our area who can’t find work. Rowan and Cabarrus counties took a huge hit when Pillowtex closed, and there have been big job losses since then.

Into that gap stepped Rowan Cabarrus Community College, retraining workers for new jobs, but there’s still a lot of work to do.

Laura Edington -

Local school administrators, professors and legislators met with U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, of North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District, on Monday in Hamlet to discuss job creation through workforce training and the SKILLS Act.

Richmond Community College was Hudson’s first stop on his district tour, which will run through April 4.

Hudson, a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, said federal Workforce programs are broken.

Mary Katherine Murphy -

In a Monday visit to Richmond Community College, U.S. Rep Richard Hudson discussed job creation and educating unskilled workers with members of the local business community.

“One of the keys to jobs, as you all know in this county very well, is that you’ve got to train your workforce,” Hudson said. “You’ve got to have folks that have the skills necessary for existing employers, but also for any future employers you might bring in.”