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Friday, November 23, 2012

Hiring Mandate Proposed To Bring Baltimore Jobs

A new law being floated at Baltimore's City Hall is attempting to tackle the city's high unemployment rate, but some are questioning the constitutionality of the measure and others similar to it around the country

In these tough economic times, good faith just isn't good enough anymore, according to City Council President Jack Young.

At Monday night's council meeting, Young introduced a local hiring mandate. If passed, the bill would require any business with a city contract of at least $300,000 or any project that gets a city subsidy of at least $5 million to hire Baltimore City residents for at least 51 percent of new jobs.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Suppose there are no qualified applicants. And if they have been collecting unemployment for 4 years under Obama, why would they want to work to begin with.

Anonymous said...

This is the worst form of discrimination that I have ever heard of.

Lord help us - with fools in office like City Council President Jack Young - the City of Baltimore is a condemned city.

lmclain said...

Thats going to be a goood trick, since 80-90% of Baltimore residents can't read, add, or write beyond the second or third grade level. They aren't even smart enough to be laborers on a job site. Think of what the buildings and infrastructure will be like in about 10 years of THIS law. Think of the new government jobs for watching, monitoring, and of course, FINING employers for violations.

Anonymous said...

This is what the crack addict Barry does in DC too. How is this NOT illegal and discriminatory???