RALEIGH, N.C. -- Dozens of advocacy groups are getting together to urge Gov. Beverly Perdue and other state officials to use a stronger hand in helping more North Carolina citizens - especially minority groups - get back to work.
Perdue also was slated speak Wednesday at a "jobs summit" at a downtown Raleigh church, designed to discuss innovative ways to lower the state's 11 percent unemployment rate and preserve jobs that are created.
The groups say the unemployment rate for black Americans is nearly twice the rate for white residents.
The event is assembled by the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the North Carolina Justice Center and others in a coalition that lobbies the Legislature on poverty and racial justice issues.
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of the recommendations to come out of the session was a suggestion the criminal history of job seekers be overlooked. Is this sort of like don't ask don't tell?
That one could not seriously fly. What planet are these people on?
Think about it. You hire someone with a criminal past because the Governor and the NAACP tell you to. That new employee robs someone or causes physical harm while working for you.
Care to guess who gets sued?
I guess too, at some point, let's stop pre-employment dyrug testing. That'll be a good one especially if the employee operates a vehicle owned by the employer.
These folks must be on drugs. For the Governor, maybe the stress of staying in state for a week is getting to her.
What does she know?
The following is copied from an article in today's Washington Post:
"...Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke forecast a "moderate economic recovery" in congressional testimony Wednesday but added that he expects that "a significant amount of time will be required" to restore the millions of U.S. jobs lost over the past two years. Economists at the International Monetary Fund agree: Their just-released forecast for the world economy projects high joblessness in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world for another two years..."
So what does she know; what do these "advocacy groups" think can be done?
Throw money at a problem which still requires a certain amount of time to fix itself?
Where does the money come from? The state is virtually broke. If you think not, look at the articles concerning the delay in tax refund checks being issued due to "cash flow" issues. That means they are concerned checks would bounce. They even admit that.
I guess on a positive note, she did stay local and did not take a flight for this trip.