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The U.S. Department of Labor requires contractors to hire specific numbers of minority workers onto federally assisted construction projects exceeding $500,000. Contractors who failed to meet the standards would not lose a federal contract if a “good faith effort” to recruit the required number of minority workers was demonstrated.
1969 (Jun 2)
The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidelines that required contractors to hire specific numbers of minority workers onto federally assisted construction projects exceeding $500,000. The plan was first implemented in Philadelphia and thus, became known as the Philadelphia Plan. Secretary of Labor George P. Schultz called the Philadelphia Plan a "fair and realistic approach" toward eliminating racial discrimination in the construction industry. But he weakened the measure by adding that contractors who failed to meet the standards would not lose a federal contract if a "good faith effort" to recruit the required number of minority workers was demonstrated.
References:
- • Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.