Career center representative Alison Hall works on the computer looking to place out of work coal miners at the Mining Technology and Training Center just outside of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 11, 2017. Photo taken October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk 

Senate Budget Committee chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) holds up a copy of a federal employees' Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between the U.S. President and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Senate Budget Committee chair Senator Patty Murray holds up a copy of a federal employees' Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between the U.S. President and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is seen on left. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Shameeka Welch, 17, (L) and Fallon Tooks, 27, pose outside Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Cafe diners look at a painting on the wall of Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Shameeka Welch, 17, shows her tattoos outside Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

A woman looks at a menu illustration in the kitchen at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) 

Customers eat breakfast at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Women prepare lunch orders at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Waitress Glenda Alvarenga, 24, wears a t-shirt that reads, "Nothing stops a Bullet like a Job", as she works at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Abbigale Perez, 19, prepares food at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Abbigale Perez, 19, prepares food at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

A menu is seen at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Customers eat lunch beneath a painting at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW FOOD) 

Waitress Stephanie Lane, 21, waits for a lunch order at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) 

Cynthia Chavez, 21, chops peppers in the kitchen at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) 

Waitress Glenda Alvarenga, 24, picks up lunch plates at Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) 

Stephanie Lane, 21, makes tortilla chips in the kitchen of Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) 

Shameeka Welch, 17, (L) and Fallon Tooks, 27, pose outside Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles, April 23, 2010. Homegirl Cafe is staffed by 30 at risk and formerly gang involved young women, who are training to learn restaurant and catering work. Picture taken April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) 

Unemployed medical engineer Jim Lynch, 49, listens during an orientation meeting at the Michigan Works office in Lansing, Michigan July 22, 2009. Michigan's official unemployment rate hit 15.2 percent in June, easily higher than any other U.S. state. After more than a century of making cars, Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers, now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. Picture taken July 22, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Unemployed locomotive freight engineer Michael Robinson, 53, looks for a job online at the Michigan Works office in Lansing, Michigan July 22, 2009. Michigan's official unemployment rate hit 15.2 percent in June, easily higher than any other U.S. state. After more than a century of making cars, Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers, now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Unemployed worker Rose Mary Golden-Pasley, 59, (L) looks for a job online at the Michigan Works office in Lansing, Michigan July 22, 2009. Michigan's official unemployment rate hit 15.2 percent in June, easily higher than any other U.S. State. After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

'Michigan Works' worker Nancy Ranson (R) helps unemployed worker Rose Mary Golden-Pasley, 59, do a job search on a computer at the Michigan Works office in Lansing, Michigan July 22, 2009. Michigan's official unemployment rate hit 15.2 percent in June, easily higher than any other U.S. state. After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Ken Stahovec, 46, stands inthe garage to his house in Chesterfield Township, Michigan July 28, 2009. Stahovec spent 23 years working as a design and project engineer for various auto suppliers and automakers before losing his job in July 2008. He is now earning an associate degree in renewable energy technology. After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Ken Stahovec, 46, (L) sits in back of his house with his wife Kim, their children Gina (2ndL) and Ryan and their two pet hamsters in Chesterfield Township, Michigan July 28, 2009. Stahovec spent 23 years working as a design and project engineer for various auto suppliers and automakers before losing his job in July 2008. He is now earning an associate degree in renewable energy technology. After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Ken Stahovec, 46, stands outside the garage to his house in Chesterfield Township, Michigan July 28, 2009. Stahovec spent 23 years working as a design and project engineer for various auto suppliers and automakers before losing his job in July 2008. He is now earning an associate degree in renewable energy technology. After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Ken Stahovec, 46, (L) sits in back of his house with his wife Kim (2ndR) and their children Gina and Ryan (R) in Chesterfield Township, Michigan July 28, 2009. Stahovec spent 23 years working as a design and project engineer for various auto suppliers and automakers before losing his job in July 2008. He is now earning an associate degree in renewable energy technology. After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Ken Stahovec, 46, (L) sits in back of his house with his wife Kim (2nd R) and their children Gina and Ryan (R) in Chesterfield Township, Michigan July 28, 2009. Stahovec spent 23 years working as a design and project engineer for various auto suppliers and automakers before losing his job in July 2008. He is now earning an associate degree in renewable energy technology. After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Ken Stahovec, 46, stands in front of his house with his wife Kim and their daughter Gina in Chesterfield Township, Michigan July 28, 2009. Stahovev spent 23 years working as a design and project engineer for various auto suppliers and automakers before losing his job in July 2008. He is now earning an associate degree in renewable energy technology. After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Workers practise oxy welding in a re-education centre in the Ural town of Zlatoust March 16, 2009. The director of this sprawling steel mill in the Ural mountains has branded a group of hunger-striking workers as extremists who are threatening the social order in a time of economic crisis. But the small group of striking workers, who say their wages have fallen three-fold since September, are more worried about making payments on crippling consumer loans than fomenting class warfare. Picture taken March 16, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (RUSSIA BUSINESS) 

Unemployed Chinese women attend computer class at Harbin Women's Training Centre in the northeastern city of Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, May 23, 2004. China, whose economy is growing almost 10 percent a year, called for more job creation in private business and industry to soak up millions of workers laid off from struggling state enterprises. China's urban jobless rate stood at about 4.3 percent at the end of 2003, a Labour Ministry report said. ECONM REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV CC/FA 

- FILE PHOTO 20JAN96 - Former sex workers at a centre near Ho Chi Minh City are retrained to work in the country's booming garment industry. U.S. President Bill-Clinton, endorsed a code earlier this week aimed at halting sweatshop conditions at U.S. clothing and shoe factories around the world. The move came in the wake of reports of worker abuse in Asian plants making apparel for U.S. firms. 

- FILE PHOTO 20JAN96 - Former sex workers at a centre near Ho Chi Minh City are retrained to work in the country's booming garment industry. U.S. President Bill-Clinton, endorsed a code earlier this week aimed at halting sweatshop conditions at U.S. clothing and shoe factories around the world. The move came in the wake of reports of worker abuse in Asian plants making apparel for U.S. firms. 

FILE PHOTO DATED 20JAN96 - Former sex workers at a centre near Ho Chi Minh City are retrained to work in the country's booming garment industry. U.S. President Bill Clinton, endorsed a code earlier this week aimed at halting sweatshop conditions at U.S. clothing and shoe factories around the world. The move came in the wake of reports of worker abuse in Asian plants making apparel for U.S. firms.

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FILE PHOTO DATED 20JAN96 - Former sex workers at a centre near Ho Chi Minh City are retrained to work in the country's booming garment industry. U.S. President Bill Clinton, endorsed a code earlier this week aimed at halting sweatshop conditions at U.S. clothing and shoe factories around the world. The move came in the wake of reports of worker abuse in Asian plants making apparel for U.S. firms.

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