Group aiming to hire 1 million Black workers created 21,000 jobs this year

By Jeff Green
Published 3 Min Read

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A corporate pledge to hire and promote one million Black workers into middle-class jobs within a decade needs to increase five-fold over the next year to get on pace to reach that goal.

The OneTen initiative, created in 2020 by former International Business Machines chief executive officer Ginni Rometty and former Merck CEO Ken Frazier, is working with member companies to get 1 million Black workers into jobs that don’t require 4-year college degrees and pay family-sustaining wages.

Jeff Green
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