Word: hire
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Webster said that the bakery did not hire 12 Negroes within the month given them by BAG because "we had no openings at the time." The bakery had hired three Negroes by the last meeting with BAG, he added, and was considering other applicants...
...charges have been made by the Boston Action Group (BAG), a civil rights organization committed to improving opportunities for Negroes. BAG officials claim that the Dorchester plant turned down their request that the plant hire 12 more Negroes, to bring the total number of Negro employees to 20. The plant currently employs about 200 persons, according...
...weight behind the BAG campaign. From his pulpit last Sunday, Rev. George Thomas of St. Marks Church told his Roxbury congregation: "Now the people of our community must tell them that it isn't possible for Negroes to continue to buy Wonder Bread until they find it possible to hire the 12 people we requested...
...making sure that the laws are enforced by committed agents of the Government. That may mean replacing Southern-born FBI men who are still sympathetic to segregation with people who will work for the achievement of equal civil rights. It may also mean putting pressure on State governments to hire sheriffs and policemen capable of recognizing that laws apply to members of both races in equal measure. It may mean supervising Justice Department officials to make sure that they don't succumb, in Southern courts, to the prevailing will of Segregationists. These would be strong measures for a Government which...
Palmer pointed out that the Library cannot afford to pay members of the present staff at a time-and-a-half rate and would therefore have to hire new employees if there were any increase in Library hours. But he fears it would be extremely difficult to find experienced men who would be willing to work the required hours...