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To: BfloGuy
From 4 days ago:

U.S. Post Office cuts threaten source of black jobs

African-Americans represent 13.1 percent of the U.S. population and 11.6 percent of the labor force, according to a 2012 U.S. Department of Labor report. Nearly one in five African-American workers hold government jobs such as mail clerks, firefighters and teachers, the report said.

"There's a long tradition of the public sector being more friendly, or less hostile, to African-American workers," said Robert Zieger, emeritus professor of history at the University of Florida in Gainesville. "The Post Office is the best example."

African-Americans make up about 20 percent of U.S. Postal Service workers - and are the majority in some urban centers, representing 75 percent to 80 percent of the 5,000 letter carriers in the Chicago area, according to Mack Julion, president of the Chicago branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-post-office-cuts-threaten-source-black-jobs-180930966--business.html

Just saying

30 posted on 01/25/2013 4:41:48 PM PST by Robwin
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To: Robwin
Just saying

Just saying what?

35 posted on 01/26/2013 3:29:24 PM PST by BfloGuy (Money, like chocolate on a hot oven, was melting in the pockets of the people.)
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