Green jobs are good jobs for African Americans
By Algernon Austin
October 8, 2009
A "good job" provides good wages as well as a health insurance plan and a retirement plan. Research shows that at least 50% of new green jobs will have "good job wages," defined as a wage that provides at least 60% of the median household income annually.
Read Austin's full presentation -- Are green jobs good jobs for African Americans? -- in PDF format.
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