The Problem of Full Employment

The central employment problem of our society today is the disparity of employment opportunities among blacks and whites, among skilled and unskilled, among young and experienced. —Otto Eckstein

Twenty-nine years after the Employment Act was signed into law, a new bill titled the “Equal Opportunities and Full Employment Act” has been introduced by Congressman Augustus Hawkins. Unlike its predecessor of 1946, it codifies the right of individual jobseekers to useful work at...