Forest Service faulted for its failure to hire Latino workers

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Posted on: April 3rd, 2006
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“A federal judge ordered the U.S. Forest Service to diversify its work force in California, ruling that the agency has failed to eliminate hiring and promotional barriers to Latinos as required by a 2002 court agreement.

Latinos only make up about 9 percent of the forest service’s 5,000-member work force that manages 18 national forests in California. That’s about the same percentage as it was in October 2002 when a lawsuit accusing the agency of discrimination was settled, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken of Oakland said Thursday.”

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