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Alford, Harry C . New Pittsburgh Courier , City Edition; Pittsburgh, Pa. [Pittsburgh, Pa]29 Mar 2017: B1.
ABSTRACT
Last week, at the request of the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce, I visited something I never envisioned. I was
sitting in a meeting with a group who introduced themselves as an international construction union. The U S
Department of Labor accepts them. Their members were Black and they have active apprentice training programs.
The key to this is that they are "International" and are not affiliated with the [Jim Crow] unions. I said to myself,
"Finally Lord, we have found the way."
Section 3 of the HUD Act (24 CFR part 135) was enacted in 1968, right after the first Watts Riot in Los Angeles. It
was updated after the Rodney King Riot in 1992. Unlike the 95 percent of HUD facilities who ignore Section 3
Altgeld is compliant with Section 3. Section 3 provides on the job training for all projects that have "some" HUD
funding. That HUD funding could be in a shopping center, hotel, football stadium, etc. Those projects are to
contract 10% of that funding to Section 3 companies. A Section 3 company is one that hires at least 30 percent
Section 3 workers (people that live in public housing or Section 8 rentals.) Altgeld should be a national model.
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Headnote
(Harry Alford is the co-founder, president / CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce . Website:
www.nationalbcc.org email: halfbrd@nationalbcc.org)
DETAILS
Subject: Public housing; Civil rights; Construction; Labor contracts; Funding; Racism
Volume: 108
Issue: 13
Pages: B1
Section: BUSINESS
ISSN: 10478051