City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0001R

• File #: 11-0001R
• Version: 0
• Name: Hire One Baltimore
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 12/8/2011
• In control: Labor Committee
• Final action: 4/16/2012
• Title: Hire One Baltimore FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to develop and coordinate the Hire One Baltimore campaign to encourage all Baltimore area employers to hire at least one new employee in 2012; to engage the Greater Baltimore Committee, the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Baltimore Black Chamber of Commerce, the Baltimore Urban League, the Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc., the Metropolitan Council of AFL- CIO Unions, Inc., and the United Way of Central Maryland to stimulate maximum participation of their membership, and; to work with the Baltimore Development Corporation, the Baltimore City One-Stop Job Center, and other Workforce Development entities to ensure that Baltimore City jobless residents benefit from the Hire One Baltimore campaign.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, President Young, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert Curran, Warren Branch, Brandon M. Scott, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, William "Pete" Welch, Sharon Green Middleton, William H. Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Nick Mosby, Carl Stokes
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/16/2012	0	Labor Committee	Recommended Favorably
4/16/2012	0	City Council	Adopted
3/19/2012	0	Labor Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
12/13/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/13/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/13/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/8/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
12/8/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Hire One Baltimore

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to develop and coordinate the Hire One Baltimore campaign to encourage all Baltimore area employers to hire at least one new employee in 2012; to engage the Greater Baltimore Committee, the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Baltimore Black Chamber of Commerce, the Baltimore Urban League, the Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc., the Metropolitan Council of AFL- CIO Unions, Inc., and the United Way of Central Maryland to stimulate maximum participation of their membership, and; to work with the Baltimore Development Corporation, the Baltimore City One-Stop Job Center, and other Workforce Development entities to ensure that Baltimore City jobless residents benefit from the Hire One Baltimore campaign.
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In March 2011, the new initiative – Hire One Atlanta – was launched. Hire One Atlanta is a public-private campaign aimed at challenging employers to hire at least one new employee this year. Atlanta’s Mayor said if each of the region’s 150,000 employers hires just one person, 150,000 jobs will be created, and the economy will be stimulated by companies hiring the unemployed.

The initiative is a metrowide partnership that includes the Atlanta Business League, the Atlanta Regional Co...