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The Indiana Department of Workforce Development is reaching out to try and soften the landing for hundreds of White Stallion Coal employees who were let go earlier this month when the company announced its bankruptcy.
âWe are trying to reach out to all of those employees and let them know what services Workforce Development has available to them,â said Robert King, Workforce Development Region 8 director.
The White Stallion shut down impacted more than 200 employees including 105 miners at the Antioch Mine and 73 at the Billings Mine in Daviess County.
âThis is our rapid response to try and get these people re-employed and training for new jobs,â said King. âWe have a business services team that offers this free of charge and we try to get to the workers as soon as we hear about a layoff.â