McGovern, appearing alongside Congresswoman Lori Trahan and graduates of the Devens center, spoke outside the facility one day after a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order blocking the closures for another week.
A federal judge had ordered the Trump Administration to stop its attempts to shutter Job Corps centers across the country, including in Grafton and Devens.
“These are people's lives they're playing with, and it's horrible,” Hebert said of the Trump Administration’s decision to unilaterally shutter all contract-run Job Centers across the country.
Supporters of the centers say closing them will undermine workforce readiness and leave nearly 500 residential students at the sites without a clear future.
Over the past 10 years, WBJ has honored manufacturers and their executives more than 70 times with awards ranging from overall excellence to workforce development to product innovation.
“We're thrilled to be expanding our operation to Devens and look forward to becoming a part of this exciting community filled with innovative business leaders,” Jonas Angus, TPE Solutions president, said in the release.
Speaking at the global summit, which attracts some of the world’s most prominent leaders, Commonwealth Fusion Systems CEO Bob Mumgaard outlined the promise of fusion energy technology.