Equal Opportunity in Apprenticeship Programs: Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H. R. 8219, a Bill to Withdraw Federal Support and Approval from Apprenticeship Programs which Deny Individuals an Equal Opportunity to Participate Therein on Account of Their Race, Color, Or Creed. Hearings Held in Washington, D. C., August 21, 22, and 23, 1961U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 - 184 էջ |
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Էջ 8 - Labor is hereby authorized and directed to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, to extend the application of such standards by encouraging the inclusion thereof in contracts of apprenticeship, to bring together employers and labor for the formulation of programs of apprenticeship...
Էջ 14 - We believe all housing built with the aid of Federal funds or credit or any other form of financial assistance should be made available to minority families on an equal basis with all other families.
Էջ 92 - Discrimination,7 as well as by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, clearly indicate that no significant advances have been made by Negroes in those craft union apprenticeship training programs which have historically excluded nonwhites. An examination of...
Էջ 94 - In short, Negro and Puerto Rican women, who are on the lower rungs of the city's economic ladder, have become important in the New York garment industry, but they work mainly in the more standardized branches, and with few exceptions, unlike the Jewish and Italian men of earlier days, they do not become highly skilled tailor-system workers on dresses or 'cloaks.
Էջ 99 - In most of these programs the role of the labor union is decisive because the trade union usually determines who is admitted into the training program and, therefore, who is admitted into the union membership.
Էջ 100 - On the level of the small shop and local union, the tradition of racial discrimination has now become deeply institutionalized. A form of caste psychology impels many workers to regard their own positions as "white men's jobs," to which no Negro should aspire. These workers and, often, their union leaders, regard jobs in their industries as a kind of private privilege, to be accorded and denied by them as they see fit. Often, Negroes are not alone in being barred from such unions, which attempt to...
Էջ 133 - relating to prevention and elimination of practices of discrimination in employment and otherwise against persons because of race, religious creed, color, national origin, or ancestry, creating a State commission on fair employment practices, defining its functions, powers, and duties, providing for the appointment and compensation of its officers and employees.
Էջ 100 - The apprentice is employed under a written apprenticeship agreement or program which substantially meets the fundamental standards of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the US Department of Labor; and (b) Such time does not involve productive work or performance of the apprentice's regular duties.
Էջ 179 - ... and observance of the Commissioners' policy on nondiscrimination within the District government as it relates to employment and use of District-owned facilities...
Էջ 99 - In these circumstances, craft unions have the power either to promote or to prevent the admission of individuals or of an entire class of persons. By means of a variety of formal and informal controls, craft unions are frequently the decisive factor in the recruitment process in many apprenticeship programs and often directly prevent Negro youth from becoming skilled craft workers via the established route of apprenticeship.