What is the reason for group protesting the mnDOT hiring practices?
With their hard hats, green vests and protest signs, 200 construction students marched into the Minnesota Department of Transportation building near the State Capitol on Thursday. The rally-goers, led by community organizers and religious leaders, protested the levels of hiring of women and minorities for MnDOT contract jobs. Inside, MnDOT spokesman Kevin Gutknecht met the rally-goers and activists with a smile, and a list of the programs the department already has to increase hiring. Construction students from Summit Academy sang “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ’round” while security and department workers scuttled out of the way as the group filled the hallways and stairs. Gutknecht received two ceremonial gifts from the protesters: a “Missing Persons Report” detailing reasons disadvantaged workers have been missing from construction sites, and a box of postcards from 500 unhappy citizens, all addressed to department Commissioner Thomas Sorel. Louis King, co-chairman of HIRE Minnesot
Protesters who claim MNDOT is not doing enough to make sure construction companies that land state contracts are hiring women and minorities, held a demonstration Wednesday. A group called “Hire Minnesota” gathered at a MnDOT job sight on Interstate 35w near 46th Street. The group is made up of a coalition of religious and civil rights groups. Hire Minnesota said, since MnDOT gives taxpayer money to private contractors build and work on our roads, the agency should make sure an appropriate number of minorities and women workers are included in those projects. Wednesday’s gathering wasn’t the group’s first. Last month nearly 200 members of Hire Minnesota donned hard hats and protested at MnDOT offices in St. Paul. Members said they have no plans to stop. Sources: http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1093446.shtml?
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