Black People : Black Labor/White Wealth

[chuck]

http://black-culture.com/african-americans-labor-movement/#sthash.Zy9U7iGw.dpbs

 

[SouthsideIrish]

I signed up for the local 597 pipe fitters local out of Chicago when I was laid off from the sheetmetal workers.

1800 signed up.

Less then 30 aa's applied.

 

[SouthsideIrish]

When federal money is in construction jobs there are measures in place to ensure minority work.

I have seen countless...countless times higher performing whites getting laid off because they need minority hours on the job. I am a foreman on a job right now and I have a black man working for me and the only reason he has a job is his skin color.

Timely and a hard worker...just doesn't have the skills.

Lastly..his union card was given to him for one reason...skin color. Local 73 did not have any other black members seeking employment and for that reason even though white members who have paid there dues by serving a 5 year apprenticeship program remained unemployed while local 73 gave inexperienced non Union black workers cards and put them to work.

 

[shaka64]

When federal money is in construction jobs there are measures in place to ensure minority work.

I have seen countless...countless times higher performing whites getting laid off because they need minority hours on the job. I am a foreman on a job right now and I have a black man working for me and the only reason he has a job is his skin color.

Timely and a hard worker...just doesn't have the skills.

Lastly..his union card was given to him for one reason...skin color. Local 73 did not have any other black members seeking employment and for that reason even though white members who have paid there dues by serving a 5 year apprenticeship program remained unemployed while local 73 gave inexperienced non Union black workers cards and put them to work.

This is back door reparations designed to balance the blatant racism that caused it. Deal with it.

 

[SouthsideIrish]

I have seen countless times minority workers use the fact that they "have to "'be included on the jobs factor into their work etchic.


You don't balance racism with more racism.