Vise-Grip Plant Closing, Moving Ops To China
Workers at Neb. Vise-Grip plant told of closure
Associated Press By Nate Jenkins – Sep 4, 2008
“It's a kick in the head," Gary Oden said from a DeWitt bar where employees gathered to discuss the announcement and "try to forget about it."
"Jobs sent overseas from a place like Detroit is different from jobs leaving from a place like DeWitt, Nebraska," he said, referring to DeWitt's small size.
So Detroit is different? What’s different?
It’s o.k. when Detroit workers lose their jobs?
Hey Oden - Unemployment run out yet? Still driving that Toyota?
Bill Thomas
Detroit
Monday, August 27, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops
abcnews.go.com
N E W L O N D O N, Conn., Sept. 8, 2000
Court: Barring High IQs From Policing Isn't Discrimination
A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training. Most cops score just above normal. The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.
… the U.S. District Court found that New London had “shown a rational basis for the policy.” In a ruling dated Aug. 23, the 2nd Circuit agreed. The court said the policy might be unwise but was a rational way to reduce job turnover.
Jordan has worked as a prison guard since he took the test.
Prison Guards have higher IQ’s than cops? The average cop's IQ is 104 and an IQ of 125 is too high? What's the bottom IQ? I think he stopped me a couple of years ago.
abcnews.go.com
N E W L O N D O N, Conn., Sept. 8, 2000
Court: Barring High IQs From Policing Isn't Discrimination
A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training. Most cops score just above normal. The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.
… the U.S. District Court found that New London had “shown a rational basis for the policy.” In a ruling dated Aug. 23, the 2nd Circuit agreed. The court said the policy might be unwise but was a rational way to reduce job turnover.
Jordan has worked as a prison guard since he took the test.
Prison Guards have higher IQ’s than cops? The average cop's IQ is 104 and an IQ of 125 is too high? What's the bottom IQ? I think he stopped me a couple of years ago.
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