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Pay equity will be front and center for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the Biden administration, as will efforts to root out systemic discrimination, according to chair Charlotte Burrows. Beyond that, she said during an April 8 American Bar Association conference, she’ll be working to strengthen the EEOC as an institution. We re facing a very urgent issue as all of you know of systemic discrimination and systemic racism, Burrows said. So you should expect first and foremost a renewed attention to tackling systemic discrimination in all forms on all bases, while also looking of course to advance those individual charges, and that s including but not limited to race discrimination.
When Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, he had a problem. There were almost no paved roads in the United States. To sell his product to the masses, he needed good roads.
No one would ever deny his place among titans of American capitalism, but Ford was not shy about urging the government to supply the infrastructure essential to his business. And it did.
The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 spent $2.1 billion in todayâs dollars to help states build modern roads. It survived a U.S. Supreme Court challenge claiming that the federal government should not pay for such things.
Henry Ford would have pushed car charging stations | News, Sports, Jobs reviewonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reviewonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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When Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, he had a problem. There were almost no paved roads in America. To sell his product to the masses, he needed good roads.
No one would ever deny his place among titans of American capitalism, but Ford was not shy about urging the government to supply the infrastructure essential to his business. And it did.
The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 spent $2.1 billion (in today’s dollars) to help states build modern roads. It survived a U.S. Supreme Court challenge claiming that the federal government should not pay for such things.
Why Henry Ford Would Support Biden s Infrastructure Plan nationalmemo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalmemo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.