HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 82- March 14-20 1982
PRO C LAM A T ION
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EMPLOY THE OLDER WORKER WEEK
March 14-20, 1982
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WHEREAS, more than 78 million Americans are aged 40 and older, and nearly 40 million
are working or seeking work. Most of these middle-aged and older workers
are regularly employed, producing the goods and services our Nation needs.
They have solid job skills and a wealth of experience. Typically. they are
steady. reliable workers who take pride in their work and are valued employees.
Thus workers over 40, as a group, have no serious job problems--so long as
they remain employed; and
WHEREAS. the problem is that. despite high job qualifications, many who lose their
jobs have great trouble finding new ones; and the search becomes more
difficult as they grow older. The costs of the longer spells of unemployment
these workers experience are personal hardships, disproportionate public
expenditures for unemployment insurance and other income maintenance programs,
and lower productivity as our economy is deprived of highly experienced wor~ers;
and
WHEREAS, the Federal Government and the State of Montana are working to overcome wide-
spread reluctance to hire older jobseekers by making employers aware of a
well-documented finding: by every common measure of job performance, older
workers are at least as effective as younger people. The objective is to
have each worker judged on the basis of individual ability to do a specific
job. As part of this effort. the President has designated the week of
March 14 to 20 as National Employ the Older Worker Week; and
WHEREAS, as Mayor of the City of Bozeman, I actively endorse this opportunity to
focus public attention on the problems of older workers.
NOW, THEREFORE. I, Alfred M. Stiff. Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do hereby declare
the week of March 14 to 20. 1982 as
EMPLOY THE OLDER WORKER WEEK
and I urge all employers in Bozeman to consider carefully the skills and other
qualifications of men and women age 40 and over when they hire new workers. I also
ask public officials responsible for job placement and related services to intensify
their efforts throughout the year to help older workers find suitable jobs and
training.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the great seal of the City
Seal of Bozeman. in the State of Montana. to be
affixed at Bozeman. Montana, this 15th day
of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Two.
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ALF M. STI . Mayo