Months of community organizing and negotiations paid off Tuesday night May 15 as a community coalition led by Got Green reached agreement with Mayor Mike McGinn on next steps towards making the city’s hiring process for construction jobs more equitable for low income communities of color in our city. The Construction Jobs Equity Coalition (CJEC),…
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Shouldn’t a project that is being “built green” hire locally from our community? The reconstruction of the Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool is being funded with $14 million in our tax dollars. But the contractors aren’t required to hire and train local workers to do the work. That ain’t green—and it certainly ain’t right!…
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