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“A TRIBUTE TO PAYNE &” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E2063 on Oct. 7, 1999.
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A TRIBUTE TO PAYNE & DOLAN, INC., WINNER OF A 1999 EXEMPLARY VOLUNTEER
EFFORTS AWARD FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA
of wisconsin
in the house of representatives
Thursday, October 7, 1999
Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to an exemplary act of community spirit and corporate citizenship. A company located in Wisconsin's Fourth Congressional District, Payne & Dolan, Incorporated, a Waukesha, Wisconsin-based highway construction company, has been named a 1999 recipient of the prestigious Exemplary Volunteer Efforts (EVE) Award from the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Department of Labor has recognized Payne & Dolan for an innovative minority hiring, training and development program that has provided outstanding opportunities for more than 160 minorities and women and invested more than $3 million into Milwaukee's central city.
Payne & Dolan is the first highway construction company ever to receive this award. The company's comprehensive equal opportunity program includes proactive hiring efforts in Milwaukee's central city, community involvement and partnerships, scholarships, employee training and development, minority business mentoring and more.
The company has worked with the YWCA of Greater Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and other community partners to develop a pilot program called Transportation Alliance for New Solutions, or TrANS. This program recruits and raises awareness of industry opportunities among minorities and women.
In addition, Payne & Dolan helped spearhead development of the Central City Workers' Center (CCWC), a centralized ``one-stop shop'' to link highway contractors with potential employees. This one-of-a-kind collaboration among unions, government, industry and community-based organizations seeks to provide family-sustaining incomes to a minimum of 150 central city residents over the next two years.
Payne & Dolan's success stories are the life stories of people like Sean McDowell, who began working for Payne & Dolan in 1993 and today, with the company's guidance and support, owns his own asphalt company. People like Roger Carson, who was hired as a laborer in 1991 and has been a foreman for two years. And people like Wendy Young, who was hired as an unskilled laborer in 1994 and is now an apprentice operating engineer.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize the contributions and commitment of Payne & Dolan and its CEO, Ned Bechthold, as well as salute the employees who have worked hard to make this equal opportunity program succeed and to make the EVE award possible. It is clear that Payne & Dolan is building much more than highways--it is also building a direct path to opportunity. I commend Payne & Dolan, and I commend the United States Department of Labor for its recognition of this outstanding corporate citizen.
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SOURCE: DOLAN, INC., WINNER OF A 1999 EXEMPLARY VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AWARD FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
