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Article: OPPORTUNITIES TANNETTE JOHNSON-ELIE Marquette Interchange work offers chance to build skills
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 13, 2004
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Marquette Interchange work offers chance to build skills
The $810 million Marquette Interchange reconstruction project is
creating an infusion of jobs in the Milwaukee area over the next four
years, raising the question: Where will the workers come from?
As things traditionally have gone on past construction projects in
this town, it's hard for minorities to get access to such work, even
on projects that cut through the central-city neighborhoods where
many of them live.
The dilemma in trying to supply a diverse work force on such
projects is that the pool of minority candidates often isn't deep
enough, largely because of a gap in skills that is a major hurdle to
employment for the city's ...