8.11.20 - Banks and tech giants including JPMorgan and Amazon pledge to hire 100,000 minority and low-income New Yorkers
'Leaders from 27 firms that represent many of New York’s dominant industries banded together to create the New York Jobs CEO Council, which aims to hire 100,000 people from low-income Black, Latino and Asian communities by 2030, according to a release.'
'The CEOs are “coming together to try to tackle one of society’s big problems, which is getting inner city school [children], largely minority, getting these kids through school and with a high-paying job,” [Jamie] Dimon said Tuesday in an interview with Stephanie Ruhle on the Today Show.'