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SEP 1 7 18J t., l" , r.1 No. :!- - 1307 1 Jn tve rsl ty l ibrary THE WORKS PROGRA M --Work s Progre s s Administrati on'.'.'- for Immediate Release ยท Wednesday, September 9, 1936. Gill Defines WPA Policy Relative to Workers Accepting Private Employment, Replying to r e quests from civic organizati ons and c otton planters in the deep South to shut down Work s Progres s Administrati on projects to alleviate a re-. ported cotton pickers' shortage, Acting Admi nistrator Corrington Gill said today that Vi/PA workers are expected to accept available job s in private employment, whether of a temporary or p e rmanent natu re, whe n t hey are q1].a1 if ied to do the work and when St'-ch work is at a standard or go ing-rate of wages. "This aJ>plies," Mr. Gill explained, "to agriCt'-1 tural employment such as cotton-picking, a n d when it is definitely shown that there is a shortage of labor for such emp loyment in a community, the need for WPA employment in that eommuni ty necessarily lessens and therefore the reas on for operating 11 WPA projects eeases. It has always been the policy of the Works Progress Administration to give workers reasonable opportunity to accept temporary employment because this often results in p e rmanent work. We have also given them definite assurance that WP.A. work will be ope n to them upon completion of such jobs. "Howe ver, a worker is not ex})ected t o accept private employment unless it is a full-time job, paying standard or going--rate of wa ,;os or when such work would be in conflict with established union relati onships. 11 In conclusion, Mr. Gill asserted that 11 the Works Progress Administration is not an employment exchange nor a placement service, nor will it be a party to arbitrarily forcing workers to accept sub-standard. wages. 11 ---oOo--- Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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