Challenges minority-owned businesses face in securing jobs

Challenges minority-owned businesses face in securing jobs
'Crain’s Chicago Business' reported that benefits to minority contractors for Chicago's West Side Walmart fell short. Getty/Tim Boyle
Challenges minority-owned businesses face in securing jobs
'Crain’s Chicago Business' reported that benefits to minority contractors for Chicago's West Side Walmart fell short. Getty/Tim Boyle

Challenges minority-owned businesses face in securing jobs

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A new report from Crain’s Chicago Business finds that benefits from Chicago’s West Side Walmart fell short for minority contractors. To learn more about the way minority and women-owned businesses seek contracts, Eight Forty-Eight turned to Omar Shareef, the Founder and President of the African-American Contractors Association.

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