Contractor says `No' to Blacks
After five hours of negotiations in separate meetings, Alds. Leslie Hairston (5th), Toni Preckwinkle (4th), and activist Eddie Read are shutting down a work site in Hyde Park because the contractor allegedly refuses to hire Blacks.
Hairston, Preckwinkle, Ald. Arenda Troutman (20th) and Troy Ratliff, deputy procurement officer for the city, met with Bruce Williams from Walsh Construction, which has submitted a plan to hire Blacks and increase funding for their sub-contractors, and Department of Transportation Comm. Miguel d'Escoto.
However, in a separate meeting, they ran into roadblocks when they met with John Cox, who heads the E.A. Cox …
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