Items Tagged with 'Racism in construction'

In the summer of 1969, protesters shut down over a dozen projects in Chicago, resulting in the Builders Association of Chicago and the unions holding a closed, five-hour negotiating session.

The structure of the U.S. construction industry in 1960 could be compared to a stone-walled bastion. Union locals had ironclad control over their recruitment process, which was steeped in nepotism and cronyism.

Construction remains a focus of the commission.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has made a target of race bias in the construction industry.

Guidelines foresee general contractors setting the tone for preventing harassment based on race, gender or other forms.

Another noose, a common means of racial harassment, has been discovered at a construction site, this time in Cleveland.

The discovery of nooses displayed at the online retail giant' Windsor, Conn., jobsite had gained wide media attention.

 A 'gift' hangman's noose was only one of the insults, Andre Pryce testified.

The commission follows through on its May pledge to combat harassment in the construction industry.