To: reaganaut1
A big part of it is that employers are not allowed to have prospective employees take tests to measure their literacy and math skills. It used to be that employers could take people just of of high school, test them, and on the basis of such tests decide if they should hire them and where to place them.
Since the 1971 Griggs vs Duke Power Supreme court decision, it is illegal to have such a test if it results in fewer minorities passing than whites.
16 posted on
03/31/2009 7:18:17 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
To: PapaBear3625
That’s a very good point; back in 1965 I was in a field of 100 interviewees that were were tested for just two openings at Lockheed. I lived in Burbank near the plant and the other successful hiree lived in La Tujunga.
It was a thorough test and we kept our jobs until Lockheed lost the bidding on the SST.
46 posted on
03/31/2009 8:27:49 AM PDT by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: PapaBear3625
Since the 1971 Griggs vs Duke Power Supreme court decision, it is illegal to have such a test if it results in fewer minorities passing than whites. So that is why the IRS/government agencies are filled with IDIOTS!
68 posted on
03/31/2009 9:12:34 AM PDT by
kcvl
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