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Comment on Employers less likely to chose applicants with foreign-sounding names by Huge racial gap in unemployment

Huge racial gap in unemployment — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:32:57 +0000

[…] Job Hunt, College Degree Can’t Close Racial Gap” was a most-emailed article last week. We’ve written about this issue before — job applicants with ethnic-sounding names are having a harder time getting interviews and […]

Comment on Hotel owner makes Hispanic employees ’shorten’ Spanish names by Hispanic baby names are down

Hispanic baby names are down — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:37:23 +0000

[…] Hotel owner makes Hispanic employees ’shorten’ Spanish names […]

Comment on What’s in a Hispanic Name by Hotel owner makes Hispanic employees ’shorten’ Spanish names

Hotel owner makes Hispanic employees ’shorten’ Spanish names — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:59:29 +0000

[…] a previous blog post, “What’s in a Hispanic name,” we’ve looked at the Hispanic naming system and how it is often confused in the United States, […]

Comment on Telemundo soap hero is census worker in creative outreach effort for 2010 population count by Spanish census form hopes to boost Hispanic population count

Spanish census form hopes to boost Hispanic population count — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:21:24 +0000

[…] As we’ve seen before, both documented and undocumented residents (and other hard-to-reach populations) are wary of the count, and distrustful of the government after seeing immigration raids and deportations. But community outreach groups are doing everything they can to get all residents recognized. […]

Comment on 76% increase in Hispanic worker fatalities since 1992 by Labor statistics say Hispanic workplace deaths are down

Labor statistics say Hispanic workplace deaths are down — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:11:06 +0000

[…] Lack of understanding safety issues because of the language barrier, as well as exploitation (workers not being provided proper safety tools, and being overworked) are factors that contribute to the disproportionate rates of injuries and fatalities of Hispanics on the job. […]

Comment on More countries are online than ever by How to market to the Hispanic community

How to market to the Hispanic community — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:55:43 +0000

[…] we’ve seen in the news so much lately, the Hispanic community contributes to a large and growing portion of the online […]

Comment on Lack of safety training keeps Hispanic construction workers dangerously out of the loop by 76% increase in Hispanic worker fatalities since 1992

76% increase in Hispanic worker fatalities since 1992 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:11:19 +0000

[…] their right to compensation when an accident occurs (legal and illegal workers alike). See post “Lack of safety training keeps Hispanic construction workers dangerously out of the loop.̶… Share […]

Comment on More countries are online than ever by Hispanic online presence and buying power keeps rising

Hispanic online presence and buying power keeps rising — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:36:07 +0000

[…] new data about the U.S. Hispanic population that’s online, reiterating the message of our blog post of June 18. They estimate 23 million Hispanic internet users this year—50% of the U.S. Hispanic […]

Comment on Language Barriers at the Pharmacy by Two Pharmacy Chains Provide Translation

Two Pharmacy Chains Provide Translation — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:43:34 +0000

[…] April, the Workforce Language Services blog posted an article about how language barriers at pharmacies can prove dangerous for non-English speakers in New York […]

Comment on Muslim Prayer Time Not Respected in Colorado by Tension at Meatpacking Plant

Tension at Meatpacking Plant — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:40:12 +0000

[…] late September, Workforce Language Services posted a link to a Diversity Spectrum article about the problems Somali immigrants were facing at a meatpacking […]