Fifty years after the March on Washington, the black unemployment rate is largely unchanged. We are fixing that.
Your donation will help build black future lives and jobs by:
The Los Angeles Black Worker Center advances economic and racial justice for Black workers and the families that rely on them through worker-led campaigns against racial discrimination and for equal opportunity in the construction industry.
Black workers are grossly underrepresented in the construction sector in Los Angeles. Although Blacks represent 9% of Los Angeles County’s population, they make up just 4.9% of the construction workforce. Black representation on publicly funded projects in Los Angeles is even lower, hovering around three percent.
Click the image below for a visual tour of the Black Jobs Crisis and the LA Black Worker Center's efforts to fix it.
Your donation will help build black future lives and jobs by:
- Funding vocational training so black workers can get good union jobs
- Acquiring devices and media to monitor diversity of worksites
- Transporting workers and worksite monitors
- Purchasing supplies for black workers
- Educating black workers to advocate, communicate, and represent their communities
The Los Angeles Black Worker Center advances economic and racial justice for Black workers and the families that rely on them through worker-led campaigns against racial discrimination and for equal opportunity in the construction industry.
Black workers are grossly underrepresented in the construction sector in Los Angeles. Although Blacks represent 9% of Los Angeles County’s population, they make up just 4.9% of the construction workforce. Black representation on publicly funded projects in Los Angeles is even lower, hovering around three percent.
Click the image below for a visual tour of the Black Jobs Crisis and the LA Black Worker Center's efforts to fix it.
