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Boston City Council approves upping quotas for Boston residents, minorities and women on large construction projects
By adamg on Wed, 01/25/2017 - 1:01pm
But who will enforce it? The council today voted unanimously to approve amendments to the city's existing construction policy to up the number of Boston residents large developers should hire from 50% to 51%, the number of people of color from 25% to 40% and the number of women from 10% to 12%.
City Councilor Tito Jackson (Roxbury), who has long complained about the number of New Hampshire license plates he sees at job sites, said he strongly supported the effort but said it would prove pointless if not enforced - as he has long complained about the current law.
The changes require a Boston Residency Jobs Ordinance Office to hold construction companies to task on compliance.
Jackson and at-large Councilor Michael Flaherty praised former Councilor Chuck Turner, who attended the meeting, for his long years of work on the issue.
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"But who will enforce it?"
Why, the unions, of course!
The NH construction workers
The NH construction workers are in the unions too.
The laborers unions do
The laborers unions do outreach to women and minorities in the community now. I can't speak for carpenters, electricians, etc. I'd hope they do as well but I cannot say for sure.
What about?
Police
Fire
Corrections officers
Teachers
State Police
Transit Police
MBTA workers
DOT workers
Park Rangers
City Council Aides
City Hall staff
School Police
Bus Drivers
Inspectional Services
Massport workers
I'll bite
Police
-Civil Service, run by the state for most cities
Fire
-Also Civil Service
Corrections officers
-Run by the state, thank god
Teachers
-Take that up with Boston Public Schools
State Police
-Run by the state, thank god
Transit Police
-Run by the state, thank god
MBTA workers
-Run by the state, thank god
DOT workers
-Run by the state, thank god, though there is a Boston Transportation Department
Park Rangers
-Take it up with Boston Parks and Recreation, anything else is DCR, run by the state, thank god
City Council Aides
-Really?
City Hall staff
-Again, really?
School Police
-Same
Bus Drivers
-They're mostly Haitian
Inspectional Services
-Bring it up with the City Council
Massport workers
-Run by the state, thank god
They cannot fill the quotas
They cannot fill the quotas they have now, how will they find more Boston residents to work these jobs?
Compare Chairpersons. Boston and Cambridge City Councils.
Compare how Boston City Council President Wu chairs Council Public Meetings with how Cambridge City Council Mayor Simmons chairs Council Public Meetings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrrv2c3jVyc
What should we be looking for
What should we be looking for?
And is there a stenographic record? The vid is arduous and time-consuming?
Captioning. Cambridge City Council webcasts. Full Transcripts.
a) Any Captioning on Cambridge City Council webcasts? and b) Captioning Full Transcripts?... for ESL English Second Language folks, for hard of hearing folks, for all !
And you wonder why the cost
And you wonder why the cost of housing is so high?
No, actually, no one wonders
No, actually, no one wonders why the cost of housing in Boston is so high. It's called supply and demand. You may be the only person who doesn't know this yet.
If you force
Families to stay because of quotas does that not increase demand. Add to that the reduction of free market supply through income restricted housing. Yes it does have a residual effect on pricing.
Setting price ceilings and demand floors together is not smart economics.
Quotas are legal?
Why not just encourage more city residents of all skin colors,genders, etc., to apply?
It's just political
It's just political mudslinging. There're a lot of opportunities for labor jobs for inner city folks like myself.And to be frank, not a lot of young Latinos or Blacks aspire to be cops at the moment,unfortunately.