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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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61 EMPLOYMENT AND THE NEGRO WORKER The status and general opportunities afforded in the community for the minority groups are more dependent employment than upon any other single factor. This section of the Burlington self-inventory of race relations policies and practices, dealing with this matter, thus becomes an important aspect of the general community picture presented in this study, The investigation sought to obtain an accurate description of the status of the Negro of Burlington within the business and industrial life of the city, and to discover the existing policies and practices which in large part determine and explain that status. A simple, two page questionnaire was mailed to all of the industrial and business establishments listed in the telephone directory, inquiring into the presence or absence of Negro workers, the employment history of firms with respect to those workers, the levels of utilization, and the general policies and practices relating to them. There were 143 business establishments which responded to this inquiry; and in several important respects the returns provided a sample of business and industrial firms quite satisfactory for generalization as to racial practices at large. Some Business Characteristics of the Area The general character of business and industrial activity in Burlington is revealed in the types of enterprise which engage the labor force. The distribution of employed adult workers in 1940, according to the types of industry and business in which they are located, provides this picture. An additional clue is indicated in the distribution of firms by
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61 EMPLOYMENT AND THE NEGRO WORKER The status and general opportunities afforded in the community for the minority groups are more dependent employment than upon any other single factor. This section of the Burlington self-inventory of race relations policies and practices, dealing with this matter, thus becomes an important aspect of the general community picture presented in this study, The investigation sought to obtain an accurate description of the status of the Negro of Burlington within the business and industrial life of the city, and to discover the existing policies and practices which in large part determine and explain that status. A simple, two page questionnaire was mailed to all of the industrial and business establishments listed in the telephone directory, inquiring into the presence or absence of Negro workers, the employment history of firms with respect to those workers, the levels of utilization, and the general policies and practices relating to them. There were 143 business establishments which responded to this inquiry; and in several important respects the returns provided a sample of business and industrial firms quite satisfactory for generalization as to racial practices at large. Some Business Characteristics of the Area The general character of business and industrial activity in Burlington is revealed in the types of enterprise which engage the labor force. The distribution of employed adult workers in 1940, according to the types of industry and business in which they are located, provides this picture. An additional clue is indicated in the distribution of firms by
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