Posted on 11/04/2016 9:46:26 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
With 10 years remaining in its $12 billion road-building program, the Illinois tollway intends to start training workers to help finish the job.
The aim is to increase the number of minorities working on tollway projects through a center teaching construction-related skills, officials said at a meeting Wednesday.
The program is in the early stages, with diversity department planners still figuring out logistics, including funding. About $400,000 is allocated for 2017, although several tollway board directors advised staff members to budget for more.
A 2015 tollway study concluded that blacks, Hispanics and women are underrepresented compared to whites when it comes to construction contractors and professional firms hired by the agency.
"One thing we hear as we try to get more minorities involved (in road construction) is that they're not trained," Chairman Bob Schillerstrom said. "We want to put together a training center for these individuals so they can come into the construction trades and have a career ... have a sustainable job and support their families."
Training offered could range from electrical work to cement finishing, Schillerstrom said.
The agency intends to hire an outside firm to help establish the training center and wants to collaborate with colleges, unions and government agencies on the project, Schillerstrom said.
Whatever happened to all the “skills” minorities were supposed to get from re-fitting homes to be energy efficient?
Can’t get any of those pesky white people.
People who dropped out of high school building our bridges. Professors reforming our health insurance industry. What could go wrong?
Maybe racist to say this, but, how many members of youth gangs, who are out in the streets doing God knows what, will want to get into these training programs? How many will stick with it? How many will stick it out, to get to the point where they get an electrician’s license or a contractors license?
Just in general, job training programs sound good. But haven’t we done a lot in this area over many decades, with mixed results?? What will this tollway program do any differently than other such efforts?
Why is Illinois interfering in the employee/employer relationship. Unless they are building the roads themselves all they have to do is sign the contract and receive the finished product. Who cares what the workers look like.
A job training program is a waste of time, energy and money when it is intended to train people whose dysfunctional cultural background prevents them from learning and applying even basic human functions like dressing appropriately and showing up on time.
Illinois already has toll roads every five feet.
Syllabus:
Flag Holding 3 credits Learn the proper way to hold traffic flags including the Stop and Go signs, Earbud management and safety helmet fashions.
Shovel [or shobel] 3 credits Learn the proper techniques required for successful manual earth moving excercises. Learn other shobel uses such as “leaning”
Brooms 3 credits: Stiff bristle or soft tampico? Learn the best rhythmns to use for the job.
Glad I finally left. I know many trades people out-of-work in IL because their jobs were taken by those “doing the work Americans won’t do.” Hope they’ll all vote Trump but sadly most are Democrats with a union mentality.
What a plan!
Try to put in place a group of folks with no interest in doing the work.
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In not too many years, Caucasian males will be the minority. Will we then be eligible for all the ‘special’ deals in employment, schooling, and government?
why should dirtbags help build roads when they can sell drugs.
It’s time for white people to get reparations.
Yep. If we stop giving people free money, they’ll want jobs.
Yep. If we stop giving people free money, they’ll want jobs.
Union mentality? Could that be why they were replaced?
Because they'll only be able to sell drugs without getting themselves killed if Gary Johnson wins the election. );-)
Cops are union but most are voting for Trump.
They saw the Dems **** all over them the last 8 years.
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