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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
US NOW AT THE C- SPAN CABLE, JUDITH CONTI, A FEDERAL ADVOCACY COORDINATOR. WELCOME.
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
GUEST: THANK YOU. HOST: DISCRIMINATION
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, WHAT IS THAT? GUEST: A GROWING
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
PHENOMENON FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS, THIS CONCEPT THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A JOB WHEN YOU WANT TO GET A JOB. WE STARTED NOTICING IT WITH JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS,...
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| 00:01:38 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
LEGISLATION, WHAT DID THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SAY? WHAT DID IT DO? GUEST: IT WOULD BE
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
ILLEGAL TO REFUSE TO CONSIDER SOMEONE FOR A JOB SOLELY BECAUSE THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED. IT DOES NOT MANDATE THAT AN EMPLOYER MUST HIRE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
A PERSON THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, HOW COULD THEY PROVE THAT? GUEST OF THE PROOF IS IMPORTANT. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED EVIDENCE....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CONTI, JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A CALL, FOR DEMOCRATS, 202-585-3880. FOR REPUBLICANS, 202-585-3881....
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
THE ASSUMPTION THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED DO NOT HAVE UP-TO- DATE SKILLS -- MANY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WE WERE SEEING WERE FOR FOOD SERVERS,...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
STATE LEVEL, THIS IS FROM NEW YORK, THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2011, MAKING IT ILLEGAL FOR EMPLOYERS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST UNEMPLOYED JOB APPLICANTS....
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| 00:05:42 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THIS STAND, AS FAR AS THE BILL IS CONCERNED? GUEST: THIS
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LAST SECTION OF CONGRESS -- LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THOSE OFFICES TO INTRODUCE THE BILL AGAIN AS SOON AS...
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| 00:06:23 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CITY LEVEL, THIS MET RESISTANCE FROM MAYOR BLOOMBERG? GUEST: MAYOR BLOOMBERG
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS GOING TO VETO IT. HE WAS IN PARTICULAR WORRY THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS. THERE IS THIS TALKING POINT OUT THERE AMONGST...
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| 00:06:57 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A PERIOD AND TO NOT GET A JOB THAT YOU APPLIED FOR, YOU COULD SUE THE EMPLOYER ARGUING THAT THEY WERE DISCRIMINATING...
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
IT IS OK FOR THE EMPLOYER TO ASK -- WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? WHY DID YOU LOSE YOUR JOB? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING SINCE THEN? IT IS THE SAME AS THE OTHER...
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| 00:07:46 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM HIRING OFFICIALS AS WELL. THIS IS STEVE, BUFFALO, DEMOCRATIC LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THIS...
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CALLER, -
A SUBJECT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ENTIRE CONTEXT IN WHICH YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS OCCURRING. IT IS IN ITSELF A CAPITALIST SYSTEM WHERE THE ECONOMY...
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| 00:09:00 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CONTI? GUEST:
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
YOU MAKE A LOT OF INTERESTING POINTS. PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEM BEING SKEWED, IT IS ALREADY SKEWED TO THE HARDLY EMPLOYED. WE HAVE LOST...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
BALTIMORE, MD., JUST RETIRED, GO AHEAD. CALLER: I WOULD
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CALLER, -
LIKE TO SAY ONE THING BEFORE I SAY MY QUESTION. I LOVE C-SPAN AND I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE IT THROUGH ON A PHONE CALL AND I AM GLAD THAT I MADE IT THROUGH....
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| 00:11:13 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WERE JUST EMPLOYED. HOW LONG WERE YOU UNEMPLOYED? CALLER: SINCE AUGUST
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CALLER, -
OF 2012. I GOT HIRED FOR A POSITION THIS WEEK. I WILL BE A DISPATCHER FOR AN AMBULANCE COMPANY IN BALTIMORE. $13 PER HOUR. GUEST: SO GLAD YOU GOT A
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
JOB, THAT IS GREAT. MY GIANTS WON THE SUPER BOWL LAST YEAR, I KNOW HOW HAPPY YOU ARE ABOUT THE RAVENS. WHAT YOU SAY IS REVEALING. WE NEED TO BE GOING...
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| 00:13:00 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHAT HAPPENS TO EMPLOYERS WHO DISCRIMINATE IN THIS WAY? GUEST: WE HAVE
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
HEARD A NUMBER OF SOME SAY THERE WERE FLOODED WITH SO MANY RESUMES, THAT THIS MADE THEIR JOB EASIER. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF HIRING PROCESS IS...
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| 00:15:17 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WANTS TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, THE QUESTIONS ARE IN THE GAPS IN EMPLOYMENT. GUEST: THE IMPORTANT
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
THING IS TO BE HONEST, TOUGH ABOUT WHY YOU LOST YOUR JOB, IS IT BECAUSE THE COMPANY WENT UNDER, IF THERE WERE MASSIVE LAYOFFS, IF THE INDUSTRY SUFFERED?...
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| 00:16:33 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
BEN, GOOD MORNING.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR TAKING OUR CALLS. I THINK YOU AND I WILL DISAGREE ON THIS, BUT I WOULD JUST SEND THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND I'M INTERESTED...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
AND, WE GIVE EMPLOYERS TREMENDOUS PROVIDENCE IN HOW TO RUN THEIR BUSINESSES. GENERALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO HIRING AND FIRING PEOPLE, THE RULE OF THE NATION...
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| 00:19:59 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TWITTER -- GUEST:
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THERE IS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE UNEMPLOYED. IT'S PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN, ALTHOUGH NOT ENTIRELY. THEY QUIT THEIR JOBS TO CARE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ED -- GUEST: I WOULD
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| 00:21:07 |
Conti, Judy - Coordinator
MAKE TWO RESPONSES. FIRST, THERE IS THE FEDERAL LAW, THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT. VERY EXPLICITLY THIS NOT ENSHRINE THE STATUS OF UNEMPLOYED...
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| 00:25:01 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ABOUT HIRING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE UNEMPLOYED WITH OUR GUEST JUDITH CONTI. SHE'S A FEDERAL ADVOCACY COORDINATOR. >> THE
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Unidentified Speaker, -
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT HAS BEEN AROUND 43 YEARS. WE ARE NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF LOW-WAGE AND UNEMPLOYED...
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| 00:26:33 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
UNEMPLOYED LINE. CALLER: I'VE BEEN OUT
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CALLER, -
OF WORK FOUR YEARS. I RETRAINED FOR MEDICAL RECORDS AFTER MY JOB IN THE COMMERCIAL PRINTING INDUSTRY WAS OFFSHORED. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET EMPLOYMENT...
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| 00:27:42 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: THE BRUNT OF AGE. IS THIS A FACTOR IN THIS PROCESS?
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| 00:27:46 |
Conti, Judy - Coordinator
GUEST: IT IS. AMONG THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED, PEOPLE OUT OF WORK FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, AND ALL THE STUDIES SHOW THAT IS THE TURNING POINT. IF YOU...
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| 00:29:24 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IN FORT WASHINGTON.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING. PEDRO, MORE FREQUENTLY, COULD YOU DISPLAY THE NUMBERS FOR REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND INDEPENDENTS? MY QUESTION WOULD BE THIS,...
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| 00:30:08 |
Conti, Judy - Coordinator
PROVE IT? YOU NEED EVIDENCE. YOU CANNOT JUST SAY I AM UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE I DID NOT GET AN INTERVIEW APPEARED THEREFORE IT MUST BE DISCRIMINATION. YOU...
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| 00:30:33 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ASK THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR DID I NOT GET THE JOB BECAUSE I WAS UNEMPLOYED? GUEST: YOU WOULD GET A
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
LITTLE FURTHER BY ASKING WHY DID I NOT GET THE JOB? THEY MIGHTIF YOU ASK AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, IT COULD BE THAT THE ANSWER SHOWS SOMETHING. I'M NOT...
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| 00:33:06 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SET ASIDE IN LINE FOR THOSE UNEMPLOYED. NOW TO NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, BRIDGET. CALLER: AN ISSUE
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CALLER, -
I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO 4 YEARS. I'VE BEEN IN THE HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRY ABOUT 22 YEARS. FOUR YEARS AGO I DECIDED...
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| 00:34:37 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: THANK YOU. GUEST: I APPRECIATE
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| 00:34:41 |
Conti, Judy - Coordinator
THAT CONUNDRUM, BECAUSE IT IS ONE THAT I SHARE. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM NOT BILINGUAL. IN MY FIELD THERE ARE MANY JOBS I CANNOT REMOTELY COMPETE FOR BECAUSE...
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| 00:36:01 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT BEING OVER 50. I AM UNEMPLOYED. WHAT THEY SAY TO YOU IS YOU ARE OVERQUALIFIED. WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY THAT?...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: THANK YOU. GUEST:
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| 00:36:36 |
Conti, Judy - Coordinator
OVERQUALIFIED COULD MEAN ONE OF TWO THINGS. IT COULD MEAN YOU ARE OVERQUALIFIED FOR THE JOB. WE HIRED THREE YEARS AGO FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT...
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| 00:38:04 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THEY WOULD GO TO A JOB IN THEIR FIELD. GUEST:
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| 00:38:07 |
Conti, Judy - Coordinator
EXACTLY. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE TRULY ARE OVERQUALIFIED AND ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THAT JOB. BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY WANT SOMETHING BETTER. ON THE OTHER...
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| 00:39:38 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MARK IS CALLING ON OUR UNEMPLOYMENT LINE FROM NEW JERSEY. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
MORNING. I WAS PREVIOUSLY A SOFTWARE ENGINEER TO THE END OF 2008 WHEN I WAS LAID OFF ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE COMPANY. I HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED...
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| 00:41:19 |
Conti, Judy - Coordinator
HEARTBREAKING STORY. THIS CALLER IS LIKE SO MANY THAT WE HEAR FROM DAY IN AND DAY OUT AT THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT AND OUR ALLIES ACROSS THE...
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| 00:42:27 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
STATES ACTUALLY WEIGHING IN ON THIS LEGISLATION, DUKE THINK THERE WILL BE A CONSIDERABLE CHANGE?
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
GUEST: I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE CHANGE IN THE QUARTER PUBLIC OPINION. WHEN YOU READ AN ARTICLE ON LINE ABOUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE...
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CALLER, -
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE PRACTICES AT THE FORT. WITH VETERANS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BEING HIRED, TO HAVE PREFERENCE, I JUST RETIRED, BUT WE WOULD HAVE FEMALES...
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
I OBVIOUSLY CANNOT COMMENT ON THE MERITS OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN FORT BRAGG. I WILL SAY THIS. WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE LAWS ABOUT GENDER DISCRIMINATION, RACE,...
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| 00:45:17 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WITH THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT , THEIR FEDERAL ADVOCACY INCORPORATOR. NELP.ORG IS THEIR WEB SITE. THANK YOU.
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Conti, Judy - Coordinator
GUEST: IT WAS A PLEASURE. HOST: COMING UP, WE WILL
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| 00:45:29 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH PETER WEINER, THE SENIOR ADVISER AND SPEECHWRITER FOR THE ROMNEY 2012 CAMPAIGN. LATER ON, EFFORTS...
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EASTERN. PRESIDENT OBAMA TRAVELED TO MINNEAPOLIS TODAY TO TALK ABOUT HIS ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE AGENDA. THE PRESIDENT WILL MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.