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Daniels backs off on job cut pledge, saying promise was "too broad’
(AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels is backing off a promise made by his campaign during last year’s gubernatorial race not to cut state employee jobs in favor of private contractors. Daniels said recently that the pledge was “too broad.” Last year, workers for Daniels’ campaign distributed fliers paid for and authorized by the Mitch for Governor Campaign Committee at two large state office buildings in Indianapolis. The fliers, which carried the headline “State Workers Will Not Lose Their Jobs Due to Privatization,” stated that despite “untrue claims” being made by Daniels’ opponents, he did not intend to pursue privatization plans that would put state workers’jobs in jeopardy. “The truth of the matter is, no state worker will lose his/her j oh due to privatization in a Daniels administration,”’ the flier stated. Asked if the fact that some state employees have lost their jobs meant a broken campaign promise, Daniels
said the statements in the fliers were too broad. “I didn’t see it before it went out and that’s no excuse,” the governor said. “Somebody made a statement broader than anything I had every said.” Daniels, who defeated former Gov. Joe Kernan in November, took office in January. Since then, his administration has unveiled several initiatives to privatize jobs previously held by state employees, including prison food service, nursing positions and possibly state hospitals. Some of these changes have brought job cuts. For example, the company that has taken over prison food service hired only about 130 of the 336 state employees previously in those positions, said Indiana Department of Correction Commissioner J. David Donahue. Of the remaining employees, some got other correction jobs and some “elected neither option,” Donahue said. “I think we did a better than reason-
able job on the transition,” he said. Daniels said the administration has looked out for state employees by requiring vendors to interview them. “To say that no one any time, any place under any circumstances, will be dislocated was too strong a statement,” he said. “We are goingto build an efficient government in this state. We serve the taxpayers and we’re going to serve the intended beneficiaries of these programs better than before.” Union officials, however, see it differently. Joe Lawrence with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said the state job cuts will end up hurting not just the former state employees, but the entire state because the contractors won’t provide comparable service. “This is all part of a pattern from the administration that we’ve seen that goes to a lack of credibility and competence,” he said. “They’re just not being honest with the people of Indiana.”
NAACP urged to take on irresponsible companies
By HAZEL TRICE EDNEY NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) — NAACP leaders say the 96-year-old civil rights organization is holding fast to its historic mission, but some civil rights advocates say it must return to its grassroots activism in order to step up progress for African Americans. “The NAACP must go back to the basics of being a grassroots day-to-day civil rights organization and not an institution that puts out press releases, but an institution that can confront, not only government, but also the private sector to live up to its moral obligations,” says Donna Brazile, a respected political strategist who attended the organization’s convention in Milwaukee. “We have to have a parallel strategy to confront all of those with power and influence over our daily lives. It’s time that (corporations) give back and understand that they also play a role in the economic growth and development of the Black community.” In order to hold private sector businesses accountable, the NAACP must cut some of its corporate ties and become more independent and financed by its own members, says Julia Hare, co-founder of the Black Think Tank, based in San Francisco. “We’ll go and we’ll have those conventions and these meetings and have corpora-
tions to finance them, the same corporations thatyou’re going to have to go to and say, Wait a minute, what about your hiring policies? What about your reparations policies?’ says Hare. “We go to the fanciest white hotels to sit inside and discuss Black poverty and white racism and the racists have funded you. No other group would depend on the person they are trying to get their freedom from for sponsorship...Whoever is paying those bills for you, whoever is funding you, they’re going to call the shots and rightfully so.” Major corporations frequently underwrite the conventions and activities of Black organizations. Among the NAACP corporate sponsors this year were Wachovia Bank, Bank of America, Southland Corp., Hilton and Marriott. In the NAACP 2005 Economic Reciprocity Initiative (ERI) industry report cards, released during the convention, the five industries - lodging, telecommunications, financial services, general merchandising and automotive - all earned only average and below average scores. Corporations are graded on Black participation in vending, board of directors, property ownership, and financial giving to Black organizations. Both Hilton and Marriott, among sponsors of this year’s convention, scored highest among lodging corporations with each receiving only a B-.
Verizon, where new NAACP President and CEO Bruce Gordon won wide acclaim for his Black hiring efforts before his retirement two years ago, got an overall grade of B on the current report card. Gordon says when he was at Verizon, the corporation got a C on the NAACP corporate report card and he helped to get it up to a B. Gordon, who begins his new job Aug. 1, says he disagrees with Hare that a corporation can control the NAACP just because it is a corporate sponsor. But there should be repercussions for companies that consistently reffise to respond or do poorly on the corporate report card, he says. “B” is not a bad grade, it’s just not a good enough grade. So, should I punish a company that consistently gets Bs? Absolutely not. Why would I do that? Particularly when there are some companies that are getting poorer grades or not participating,” says Gordon. “My first priority is addressing the companies that get Fs because what they are effectively saying is, We don’t care’... If I find that there’s a company year after year, which refuses to submit a grade or submit information, then that means it’s time to talk to the membership of the organization or talk to the community and tell them that these could very well be companies with whom we should not do business.” During the civil rights movement, a large part of
the street mobilization came from the Black church, working hand-in-hand with the NAACP. The NAACP must return to partnership to be at its most powerful, says Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree. “We see Black church leaders sort of going out on their own on many issues and no longer seem to be as supportive of the NAACP as they did during the civil rights movement,” Ogletree says. While NAACP Chairman Julian Bond told the convention audience that the next Supreme Court justice to replace retiring Sandra Day O’Connor will be the highest priority of the NAACP over the next several months, long-time civil rights attorney Thomas Todd says education seems forgotten. “They talk about all these other things, and that’s good. I don’t have any problems with that, but, the key in this country is still education,” says Todd. Among the most important goal for all civil rights organizations must be to connect with the next generation of civil rights leaders, says Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League. “We have to connect with an emerging generation, speak to their needs, to their hopes, speak to their aspirations. That is our most important challenge.” Morial says civil rights groups must also work together.
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Business Buddies is a monthly fund-raiser that gives business professionals an opportunity to network for a good cause. On the last Thursday of each month members meet for hors d'oeuvres and drink specials. Annual membership includes invitations to all events and is $35. Nonmembers can also attend for $5 per event. Best Buddies Indiana is a non-profit organization that seeks to enhance the live of individuals with disabilities. For more information call 920-8623 or e-mail [email protected]. Diverse Employment Radio One Indiana and American Diversity Jobs have partnered to create a multimedia diversity recruitment and marketing network called the Radio One Indiana Diversity Resource Network. The partnership was formed to connect employers with Radio One's large multicultural listening audience. The network will feature online employment services and a print publication. For more information call (614) 467-4615 or visit www.americandiversityjobs.com.
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(AP) — Guidant Corp. warned physicians this week that replacements might be needed for nine pacemaker models made between 1997 and 2000, of which some 28.000 remain implanted in patients worldwide. The Indianapolis-based company released a warning that says a sealing component in the models has degraded in some cases, which can result in higher-than-normal moisture in the pacemaker and cause malfunctions. The company said about 78.000 of the devices were distributed, with about 18.000 of them remaining in US. patients. Guidant said that it has identified 69 failures among the pacemakers - all after they had been used for at least 44 months. The models include: Pulsar Max, Pulsar, Discovery, Meridian, Pulsar
Max II, Discovery II, Virtus Plus II, Intelis II, and Contak TR. The company told physicians they should consider replacing the devices for patients who are dependent on the pacemakers, which send electrical pulses to the heart to regulate its rhythm. Several patients have lost consciousness or developed possible heart failure, the company said. The statement reported the death of one person whose pacemaker possibly failed, but Guidant said the device was not returned for testing. The company said it would replace the pacemakers at no charge through the end of the year, even though the warranty on many has expired. Guidant will also reimburse patients up to $2,500 for medical expenses.
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