IBM, Amazon, JPMorgan, and other corporations pledge to hire more candidates from marginalized communities in NYC
. The aim is to hire 100,000 workers from Black, Latino, Asian, and low-income communities within the city. The goal is to have these roles filled by 2030.
The companies include American Express, IBM, and Amazon. Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, and Accenture CEO, Julie Sweet will be co-chairs of the council. This comes after a summer of calls froth both employees and consumers to make workplaces more diverse and inclusive spaces after the death of George Floyd sparked demonstrations in"The economic crisis brought on by COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on low-income communities of color, and our recovery starts with investing in them," said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a statement.
Even before the pandemic, which has disproportionately affected Black, Latino, and Asian communities, unemployment in the
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