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Carpenters union drafts model diversity contract but will other construction trades sign on?
March 12, 2011
African American contractors are more likely to hire workers of color, so a barrier to the contractor has a broad impact. Now a new initiative in Oregon is working to stop the lockout of Blacks from construction.
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Tags: AFL-CIO • African-American contractors • apprenticeship programs • Black-owned businesses • carpenters union • Columbia River Crossing • Communities of Color report • Community Benefits Agreement • construction trades • diversity contract • Doug Tweedy • Greater Portland area • Helen Silvis • Jim Francesconi • journeyman status • Karen Gibson • living wage jobs • Maurice Rahming • Multnomah County • National Association of Minority Contractors • Operating Engineers Local 701Cascade Center • Oregon • Oregon Department of Transportation • Oregon Health and Sciences University Sustainability Center • Oregon Regional Consortium Disparity Study • Oregon unemployment • O’Neill Electric • Pacific Northwest Regional Council fo Carpenters • Portland • Portland Community College’s Southeast • Portland State University • public works contracts • Sellwood Bridge • The Skanner News • Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning • TriMet • unfair hiring policies • union whites-only policy
Filed Under: California and the U.S., News and Views
Tags: AFL-CIO • African-American contractors • apprenticeship programs • Black-owned businesses • carpenters union • Columbia River Crossing • Communities of Color report • Community Benefits Agreement • construction trades • diversity contract • Doug Tweedy • Greater Portland area • Helen Silvis • Jim Francesconi • journeyman status • Karen Gibson • living wage jobs • Maurice Rahming • Multnomah County • National Association of Minority Contractors • Operating Engineers Local 701Cascade Center • Oregon • Oregon Department of Transportation • Oregon Health and Sciences University Sustainability Center • Oregon Regional Consortium Disparity Study • Oregon unemployment • O’Neill Electric • Pacific Northwest Regional Council fo Carpenters • Portland • Portland Community College’s Southeast • Portland State University • public works contracts • Sellwood Bridge • The Skanner News • Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning • TriMet • unfair hiring policies • union whites-only policy
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