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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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73 per cent indicated that Negro workers have taken the available training. The majority were involved, however, in on the job training of an informal nature. It does not appear to be the kind of training that would be useful for upgrading into levels of higher skill. A Note on Labor Unions The materials of the study of labor unions do not provide a satisfactory coverage, and for that reason they were not analyzed, A summary of the returns is provided in Table XXXIX. There were 33 labor organizations in Burlington which comprised our mailing list. from the sparse materials on ten of these organizations, it was indicated that only two have Negro members. All of the organizations said that Negro members were accepted, but the response of one group suggested that Negro membership was not encouraged. Another organization which had no Negro members in its Burlington local indicated that the general basis for accepting Negro members was through separate Negro locals. Seven of the responding locals though that the organization of Negro workers was essential to the success of the labor movement; one local thought that it was not, and another was uncertain. Only two unions were reported that their international bodies had official non-discrimination policies; and half of the respondees said that their union would use persuasion against white members engaging in race discrimination, in the event that a Negro member was introduced into the plant or union. Only two of the organizations said that they had educational programs in operation which dealt with the problem
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73 per cent indicated that Negro workers have taken the available training. The majority were involved, however, in on the job training of an informal nature. It does not appear to be the kind of training that would be useful for upgrading into levels of higher skill. A Note on Labor Unions The materials of the study of labor unions do not provide a satisfactory coverage, and for that reason they were not analyzed, A summary of the returns is provided in Table XXXIX. There were 33 labor organizations in Burlington which comprised our mailing list. from the sparse materials on ten of these organizations, it was indicated that only two have Negro members. All of the organizations said that Negro members were accepted, but the response of one group suggested that Negro membership was not encouraged. Another organization which had no Negro members in its Burlington local indicated that the general basis for accepting Negro members was through separate Negro locals. Seven of the responding locals though that the organization of Negro workers was essential to the success of the labor movement; one local thought that it was not, and another was uncertain. Only two unions were reported that their international bodies had official non-discrimination policies; and half of the respondees said that their union would use persuasion against white members engaging in race discrimination, in the event that a Negro member was introduced into the plant or union. Only two of the organizations said that they had educational programs in operation which dealt with the problem
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