Amid Financial Struggles, Mashpee Tribe Holding Job Fair Today

MASHPEE – The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is hosting a job fair today as they deal with a series of layoffs and cutbacks in tribal services.

The tribe has partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Rapid Response Team to assist citizens who may be looking for work.

The tribe is reportedly millions of dollars in debt as they try to build a resort casino in Taunton. The project is currently held up in federal court.

The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday February 2 at the Tribal Community and Government Building. Attendees are encouraged to come prepared for on-site interviews.

A list of employers scheduled to attend can be found below:

• Cape Cod Rapid Transit
• Cape Cod Healthcare
• Community Systems, Inc.
• Royal Health Group
• Latham
• Plymouth & Brockton
• Citizen’s Bank
• Cape Cod 5 Bank
• Home Depot
• HW Staffing
• Cape Cod Mechanical
• UPS
• Timberline (Construction)
• Roche Bros.
• Stop & Shop Stores
• Stop & Shop Distribution
• Bayshore Staffing
• The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod
• Ten Pin Eatery at the Cape Cod Mall
• Rockland Trust—Mashpee Branch
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ~ Science and Technology Otis Laboratory at Joint Base Cape Cod
• U.S. Coast Guard—MMR
• Plimoth Plantation
• U.S. Postal Service
• Eastern Bank – Mashpee Branch
• Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.