Black Wall Street Chicago joins Ed Gardner's BLACK on BLACK LOVE, Save Our Community Coalition and others as we continue to direct action organize for Black contractors and workers on sites where they are missing. We are inviting unemployed construction workers to come prepared dressed for work as we add them to our database of prepared workers ready to work on these construction sites
"Disparity in Construction meeting"
Wed Sept 26th 2012
92nd & Western
10am
Jobs, Contracts & Opportunities!! Contact Bob Israel at 773-655-1309
Mark S. Allen, Chairman, National Black Wall Street Chicago and Chief of Staff to National President of National Black Wall Street USA 773-392-0165
PLUS !!
Ed Gardner calls for 10,000 to join him Sunday at a construction site
By Chinta Strausberg
Saying he will continue to fight for a fair share of jobs and opportunities, retired businessman and multi-millionaire Ed Gardner Tuesday called for 10,000 people to join him after their 3 p.m. church this Sunday, September 30, 2012, at 95th and Western to demand their equal slice of Chicago’s contractual pie.
Gardner, who made his comments on WVON’s Perri Small show on his way to 92nd and Western where he’s continue his protest to shut down the site until blacks are hired, said, “We are more concerned with blacks killing blacks that must stop. This is primarily the cause of it right here,” he said referring to the apparent lock out of blacks form public works jobs in Chicago. “Jobs are the primary reason why we’re out here.”
Gardner said he has help from former Chicago School Supt. Manford Bryd and author/publisher and historian Lerone Bennett will join him in protesting the lack of jobs for blacks.
“I am asking our family to bring 10,000 blacks here from the churches at 95th and Western until we put a stop to that,” said Gardner. “There is no reason at all why we should help our young men destroying one another” and jobs available in the middle of the black community “and the mayor is doing nothing about it.
“Mayor, you area disgrace right now,” said Gardner. “He had the opportunity to help. He didn’t return calls and now we have to stop the site here in the city of Chicago in pouring cement in the middle of the black community. As far as I am concerned, he is not representing all of Chicago and he should represent all of the city,” said Gardner.
Having served in World War II, the 87-year-old Gardner said, “I served in New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan as an American soldier. Nobody asked me did I live East or West of Western. I served as a soldier defending our country, defending America and stopping the movements to destroy American. I come back to Chicago and be treated like this? I am not going to stand for it…. We will have 10,000 people strong… This is America. I fought for America, not for parts of America,” Gardner said.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he will make sure subcontractors are following the law to which Gardner said what is more important is to have blacks on these construction sites.
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