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You h learn ho sand
ays of passi�g Pos al test'
, Project Together, a non
I profi t organization, ponsored
an Equal Employment Oppor
tunity and Affirmative Action
A A lEE 0 ) Workshop.
ruary 18. to inform their
• nts of ways and oppor
nity on applying for state
�. d government jobs and their
right.
On the panel were. Rahim
Abdullah, leucr carrier with
the Benton Harbor Post Office
and chairperson of the
ANEEO Committee; Floyd
Wheeler, Benton Harbor Post
Master; and Nora Jefferson,
Affirmative Action Officer
and Director of Special
programs. with the Benton
Harbor Area Schools.
During the question and
answer period the group asked
question about the qualifica
tions of jobs, where to take the
civil ervice test for stale and
federal jobs, promotions and
orne reasons why your
employer can and cannot fire
you and many more.
Mr. Abdullah told the
group that taking the test (or
the postal ervice is nothing
ca y. "You have to study very
hard" he said.
When you don't pass the
test the fir t umc for the postal
ervice, don '1 give up, he told
the group urging them to con
tinue taking the test until they
pas it.
And when you pass the ic t,
he aid, and an opening in the
field that you are applying for
come .. up and. you don't get
called, write a letter to the
civil service board and request
that your name remain on the
list for another opening might
come up. If you don't send a
letter or call, he said, your
name will be dropped Irorn the
computer Ii l.
According to Post .Mastcr
Floyd Wheeler, there i a pe
, cial program where a repre
sentative from the postal
service go to colleges an
elect tudcnt and hi re them
without them taking the te t,
to work as mail handling or
clerking for 89 day at S5.00
per hour. After R9 day the
R him Abdull h (b ck to c mer at left) chairper on of Project Together's Afirmatlve
Action Committee add res sed youth-on how to p s the Postal Earn.
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or .leffer on, Afirm tive Action Officer and Director
of Special Programs for Benton Harbor Area chool ex
plains job place di ·crimination. (Staff photo)
. tudent can he rchir d over
agai n for another H9 days, but
the tudent can not he hired a
a Cull-time postal service
worker without pas ing the
test and bel nu ca lled like
others hen and opening
come a ailabl .
oraJeffer in.Aff'irrnative
Action Officer and Director of
Special Program. with the
Benton' Harbor Area Schools
spoke to the 'roup about job
and .racc discrimination
again t minonti -�_ not ju t
Blacks 10 gcn -ral. hut women
( hite and Blac c), Hispanic
alWl Avian».
She said Equal Employ
ment Opportunities' (EEO)
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of his or her ability to do the
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sured that they have the same
opportunitie to succe d a
their co-workers and th y e -
peer to he J udgcd on ho well
the perform the ta k for
v hid they wcre hired, she
aid
lilt women and minoritic
arc Singled out to pcrlorm onl .
menial or 10 -paying ta ks.
the certain! have a v lid
rca on to cornplai n of <.Ii -
crimination," 'he added.
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Affirmative Action An wer
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