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The i u of or fare . on being
debated increasingly. This Spring
elfare Right group from Jac n
ichigan m rched on the tate capitol
to prote t the program.
he gro argued tha they ere
performing job oulder to shoulder
ith . regular ithout the same
p y be fit . lity
or promotion right .
The legislature i heduled to debate
orkfare program during t fall
n.
Governmental bodi and non-profit
gencie may u workfare participants.
All elf r recipient able to or must
ork fare ignments ith the
gencie nd or up to 40 hour a
ee to offset the cost of their grants.
D TROlT - There 11 be jobs in
De roit, if t 0 recent city actions trans­
late into reality.
The city council this ummer enacted
minority set-aside ordinance. The ne
law guarantees 40 percent of all city
contract go to minority business.
La t eek, ayor Colem n Young
decreed that half the worker on govern­
ment-funded cons ruction projects begun
fter ov. 1 be city re idents.
In ddition, 25 percent must be
minority members and five percent
omen.
Detroit city attorney Don ld Pail n
projected the excuti e order ould
"potentially make thousands of job
a ailable to Detroit residents.'
In issueing the jobs order, Young
noted, "Th re is very little on ith
this city that would not be cured by I
job for every man and om n who wants
to or."
The t-asid prop
as promising f01 the 6S percent B
populated city.
Under that ordin e, 0 percent of
an e timated 200 million a year in city
contracts '11 go to firm 0 ned by
Bl c s or omen.
La year, only 12 percent of city
contract were arded to minorities.
Young's executive order mandating
50 percent of the jobs on government
funded proj cts go to city re . dent .
legal, the D troit city ittorney told the
pre .
He noted the Supreme ourt had
upheld a similar order in 80 ton.
The order ould ect all projects
hich u funds from f era} Ur
De elopment ction Gr ; r nu
bonds i ed by th city' Econorni
Development uthority: direct 1 or
grant from the city' Community De­
\'! lopment Bloc Grant program' d
the city's ta batement programs.
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WASHI GTO , D.C. - The
tional Conference of Blac ayor
ill convene a second annual national
summit in Tu egee, Al barna, Septem­
berl0 at the Holiday Inn. '
"Thi summit . crucial to us
mayors," Johnny Ford, Pre' ent
of the orpnization m yor of Tu e-
gee. e expectant to some SO
t liOn' tin d