Edward
Wilbraham,#2REBUTTAL Individual responds
Tue, August 10, 2004
I just got my story published in the Springfield, MA Sunday Republican Newspaper. It is dated Sunday August 8,2004 under Joyce Lain Kennedy's column.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION had KILLED almost any chance of a white male from getting a respectable job for who knows how long. In my case the manager wanted me but Human Resources would not allow it since there was a female candidate. She was not qualified and they were afraid of a law suit if I got hired and she didn't. Consequently neither of us got hired. I know this to be fact because the manager called me and told me what happened at risk of his own job. Companies are being told that they are to hire women and minorities especially in better positions; Disabled too and disabled are to be given special treatment beyond the others. There is a formula that they must go by. They may be subject to audit at any time. If they can't find qualified candidates then they are obligated to take whom ever and train them to be the manager or other.
I just learned today that if you fail to report your sex, race, etc...Human Resources is to take a look at you and write down their observations. I learned that from ROGERS CORPORATION. I questioned them on this practice and they brought to my attention the FEDERAL REGISTER DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS. 41 CFR Parts 60-1 and 60-2 Government Contractors, Affirmative Action Requirements; Final Rule
Companies such as Haldane and RL Stevens have little control over this. They know all about it but are often afraid to speak about it. Also, if they know that you will have a next to impossible time finding work it is certainly not to their advantage to tell you.
It is not HALDANE. It is our Federal and state governments but mostly Federal. And it is only going to get worse. I have lost several positions to females. My last job was a temp position. There was another temp. She is female and was much less experienced at the time. I was set up to fail and she was treated with kid gloves. It was embarassing how the company treated me in order to justify keeping her when push came to shove. We live in a moral-less society. The million man march made its mark, this country is divided into factions...the internet has given these factions teeth and there is only one way to fight back. The Constitution of the United States has been made moot. Anything beyond what we are doing here could be considered Unamerican Activities. God bless you all. I feel your pain for it is my own.