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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1989-05-01
Duration: 00:02:52
Subject: Affirmative action programs; Discrimination; Construction industry; Manpower policy; Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project (Mass.); Humphrey Occupational Resource Center
Geography: Dukakis, Michael|Flynn, Raymond|Giacchetto, Tom|Hatch, Karen|von Mehren, Jan|Williams, Walt|
Clip Description
Jan von Mehren reports that the Central Artery/Third Tunnel construction project represents thousands of jobs over the next ten years. Von Mehren notes that Michael Dukakis (Governor of Massachusetts) has proposed an apprenticeship program in the building trades. She adds that half of the apprenticeships are slated for women and minorities. Von Mehren reports that Karen Hatch (Essex Tree and Landscaping Company) blames discrimination for keeping women out of the building trades in Boston. Von Mehren's report includes footage from interviews with Walt Williams (Head, Contractors Association of Boston) and Hatch. Williams says that the apprenticeships represent good opportunities for young people. Hatch talks about her experiences as a woman in the building trades. Von Mehren reports that Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston) disputes union claims that there is a limited pool of eligible workers in Boston. She notes that critics accuse the union of excluding minorities. Von Mehren reports that unions hire only 10 to 15 percent of graduates from the building trades vocational programs in the Boston Public Schools. Von Mehren interviews Tom Giacchetto (Vocational Education Director, Boston Public Schools) who says that graduates from the program are well prepared for jobs in the building trades. Von Mehren's report includes footage of students in the wood shop at the Humphrey Occupational Resource Center and footage of construction workers at a construction site in Charlestown. This tape includes additional footage of students in the wood shop of the Humphrey Occupational Resource Center.
This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item:
Students at the the Ad Club at English High School
Ad agency works with minority students
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
