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.UME 92 - NUMBER 45
Unemployment for Black
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2013
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F.V. Allison, Jr.
Women at 4-Year Low
By Freddie Allen
IPA Washington Corre
spondent
ASHINGTON (NNPA) -
b prospects for whites and
men have slowed or stalled
letely, black women con-
to gain ground in a weak
market, according to the
jobs report.
)ver the last few months,
women have seen the
est decline in their un-
ayment rate, so there is a
rural improvement, taking
,” said Valerie R. Wilson,
economist for the National
a League. That improve-
doesn’t seem to be the re-
fpeople dropping out of the
force.
ilson continued: “It looks
there were actual gains in
oyment for black women.”
fact, compared to the other
groups over 20 years old,
c women have experienced
reatest decline in their un-
oyment rate since Septem-
012.
le unemployment rate for
: women over 20 years old
10 percent in September
, a 1.2 percent decrease
September 2012 and the
st mark for black women
March 2009.
re unemployment rate for
: women was 5.5 percent in
:mber 2013, a 0.8 percent
ovement over the 6.3 per
rate recorded in September
. The jobless rate for white
was 6.1 percent in Septem-
013, down slightly from 6.6
:nt in September 2012. The
iployment rate for black
over 20 years old has barely
ged since last September
i it was 14.1 percent. A year
the unemployment rate for
:men is 14 percent.
/en as some economists
as Wilson recognize the
:mber unemployment rate
Jack women was the low-
rark in more than four years,
acknowledged that those
; came at a price; many of
rbs available to black wom-
ere in industries that tradi-
lly pay low wages.
'ilson said that a lot of the
growth has been in the lei-
and hospitality sector and
:ssional and business ser-
workers wading through long-
term unemployment.
According to the Economic
Policy Institute, non-partisan
think tank focused on the needs
of low- and middle-income
workers, the unemployment rate
“continues to drastically under
state the weakness ofjob oppor
tunities” because people who
were turned off by an anemic
job market and stopped looking
for work entirely are not being
counted.
In a post on EPI’s website
about the September jobs report,
Elise Gould, director of health
policy research at EPI, wrote:
“There were over 5 million miss
ing workers in September, and if
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F.V. Allison, Jr., Banking
Leaders Inducted Into The
North Carolina Banking
Hall of Fame
President Barack Obama is greeted by Bill Russell during a stop to view the stat
ue of Russell at City Hall Plaza in Boston, Mass., Oct. 30. The statue was unveiled
at a ceremony yesterday. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Charlotte bucks trends
with low-key mayoral race
RALEIGH - In ceremonies held in the tradition-laden
Cardinal Ball Room at the Pinehurst Hotel in Pinehurst,
on Oct. 20 , seven titans of the banking industry in North
Carolina were formally inducted into the North Carolina
Banking Hall of Fame/. Honorees are:
* F. V. Allison, Jr., Mutual Community Savings Bank,
Durham
* T. H. Battle, National Bank of Rocky Mount (first
elected chairman of the North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion)
*
*
*
*
*
F. Ed Broadwell, Jr., Home Trust Bank, Asheville
Frank B. Holding, Sr., First Citizens Bank, Raleigh ,
Robert Mauldin, Centura Bank, Rocky Mount
Robert McInnis, High Point Bank & Trust
Samuel Wittkowsky, Mechanics Perpetual Savings
ccording to the Labor De-
tient, leisure and hospital-
services added an average
5,000 jobs .per month over
irevious 12 months, but the
>r was relatively flat in Sep-
er. The professional and
less services sector added
)0 jobs in the past 12 months
32,000 jobs in September,
ity thousand workers found
in temporary help services
:ptember.
iVhen you look at the kinds
)bs that are being created,
5 gains are not necessarily in
-paying jobs,” said Wilson.
Certainty in the housing mar-
las made, it harder for black
to find work, because the
iifacturing and construction
stries haven’t rebounded in
ame ways that retail or hos-
ity have. That’s one of the
ins why the African Ameri-
male unemployment rate is
gh.”
he economy added 148,000
total in September and the
Inal unemployment rate
d down to 7.2 percent in
ember.
/ilson said that as the un-
loyment rate ticks down, it
cs some of the other weak-
es that exist in the labor
3, including the “missing
iter” phenomenon and those
By Mitch Weiss
CHARLOTTE (AP) - In
North Carolina’s largest city, the
mayoral race has seen no mud
slinging. No blistering attack ads
like those in state and national
races in which divisive partisan
ship has become normal.
Instead, Democrat Patrick
Cannon and Republican Edwin
Peacock have tried to stay fo
cused on the critical issues facing
Charlotte, the election remaining
a low-key affair in a city that has
become one of the nation’s lead
ing banking and energy centers.
Over the past two decades,
Charlotte has become a symbol
of the new South - its gleaming
skyscrapers and vibrant down-
town with two professional
sports teams. The city, which
promotes its hospitality, hosted
the Democratic National Con
vention last year, and the last two
mayors have moved on to higher
offices.
Still, the candidates say the
city of 760,000 is at a crossroads
- with challenges ahead, includ
ing job creation. And the two
would rather talk about that fu
ture than engage in attacks.
The owner of a financial in
vestment company, Peacock, 43,
made an unsuccessful bid last
year for the Republican nomi
nation in the 9th Congressio
nal District. But the former city
councilman impressed voters by
campaigning as a moderate; he
opposed a statewide amendment
last year that banned same-sex
marriage.
“If the issue is the economy,
then why aren’t we focusing on
the economy?” Peacock told The
Associated Press.
He knows he’s at a
disadvantage - 50 percent of
Charlotte’s 550,000 registered
voters are Democrats. About 23
percent are Republicans, the rest
unaffiliated.
J. Michael Bitzer, a political
science and history professor at
Catawba College, agrees that
Peacock faces an uphill chal
lenge.
“To have that big of a Demo
cratic advantage means a Repub
lican has got to have his party
base show up, win a substantial
portion of the unaffiliated voters
and then hope for some cross
over Democratic support. That’s
a huge mountain to overcome,”
Bitzer said.
But ifhe wins, Peacock said it
will prove that a “business-mind
ed, pragmatic, centrist Repub
lican can win” in a Democratic
city because he’s reaching out
to Democrats, Latinos, African-
Americans.
And he noted that Republi
cans have won in Charlotte be
fore: Pat McCrory, a Republican,
spent 14 years as mayor before
being elected governor in 2012.
A fiscal conservative, Can
non, 47, the mayor pro tern, is the
owner of a parking management
company. First elected to the
City Council in 1993, Cannon is
a longtime radio show host who
discusses local and national po
liticalissues.
“I think the reason you don’t
see politics being played in Char
lotte the way you see it played in
other cities is that it’s simply not
the Charlotte way. And it’s cer
tainly not my way,” Cannon said
in an interview.
Negative ads have become
a staple in political campaigns,
from the local level to highest of
fice. For example, in this year’s
New York City mayoral race, Joe
Lhota has unleashed attack ads
against Democrat Bill de Blasio,
saying he’s soft on crime.
Peacock said some people
suggested he should wage a
campaign in which he’d “spend
months trying to tear the other
guy down.”
“I wasn’t going to do that,” he
said, pointing to one of his cam
paign commercials that promotes
unity. “If a good idea comes from
Democrats or Republicans, who
cares? I’m running for mayor to
provide the leadership, to get us
moving . forward,” Peacock says
in the ad.
It doesn’t mean the candidates
haven’t sparred in debates.
Cannon called Peacock anti-
Charlotte for opposing a capital
budget plan. Peacock said it was
too expensive.
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and Loan, Charlotte (first elected chairman of the North
Carolina Savings & Loan League)
“In recognition of their strong leadership, their com
mitment to the banking industry of North Carolina, their
love and support of their local community, and their pio
neering example to all in the banking industry, we are
honored to induct these leaders into the North Carolina
Banking Hall of Fame,” said Thad Woodard, president &
CEO, North Carolina Bankers Association.
These inductees, the Sth class to be honored, will bring
the total membership in the Banking Hall of Fame to 25.
They represent community banks, major national banks,
thrift institutions and public servants. They helped lay the
foundation for the metamorphosis that has turned North
Carolina into one of the leading financial services centers
in the nation. This gathering of our state’s banking lead
ers - past and present - will be a very special event. All are
invited to attend.
The North Carolina Bankers Association brings togeth
er all categories of banking institutions that best repre
sent the interests of our rapidly changing state. The state’s
banks have provided support to their communities since
1804. Look for a current listing at www.ncba.com/.
Coaches, teacher suspended
for wearing blackface
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three San Diego high school coaches and a teacher are being suspended for
wearing blackface at a weekend Halloween party, officials announced Nov. 1.
The varsity head football coach, an assistant coach and a teacher at Serra High School face two-day
unpaid suspensions for “unprofessional conduct,” and a volunteer coach also will be suspended, said
Cindy Marten, superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District.
The four posted Facebook photos of themselves at a weekend party wearing blackface, helmets and
costumes in a parody of the Jamaican bobsled team from the 1988 Olympics that inspired the movie
“Cool Runnings.” '
The workers have “expressed a deep sense of remorse,” Marten said at a news conference where she
was flanked by members of the local NAACP chapter and Anti-Defamation League.
“They send their apologies to any person or group of people they have offended and want to make it
clear it was not their intention to offend anyone,” Marten said.
They will not fight the suspensions, she said.
Critics had called the blackface racially insensitive. The NAACP chapter had called for the coaches
to resign or be fired.
Flowever, leaders of the local NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League said they were satisfied with
the suspensions.