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EEOC, Regional Chamber Launch First Ohio Youth Program"
WARREN, Ohio -- The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber are joining forces to educate youth on their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. The new partnership -- the first of its kind in Ohio -- is part of the EEOC's Youth @ Work Initiative. The program was launched yesterday with five one-hour workshops for students at Warren G. Harding High School. Other elements are a link on the high school Web site to www.youth.eeoc.gov; production of a TV show for students; and information for parents published in the school's newsletter. Similar programs are planned for other area high schools, said Dorothy Boggio, the regional chamber's director of business services."The EEOC's Youth @Work program fills a teaching and learning void that has existed in our workplaces and in our school systems for at least a generation," Boggio said. "Training all of the Valley's youth in appropriate, and inappropriate, work place behavior will increase their likelihood for success and satisfaction, at work and at life."William E. Mullane, principal of Harding High School, said the program enhances his school's ongoing efforts to "introduce students to the world of work."The EEOC launched its "Youth@Work" initiative to educate teenagers and employers after noticing an apparent increase in harassment lawsuits involving teen workers across the country, according to James R. Neely Jr., EEOC district director. The program is a national education and outreach campaign to protect and promote equal employment opportunity and respect in the workplace for America's next generation of workers, he said. The agency's affiliation with the regional chamber is intended to be a model for other cities throughout Ohio, Neely noted. "This Youth Initiative will enable the teenagers and young people entering into the work force to understand how laws prohibiting employment discrimination affect them as employees and as managers and supervisors," he said.Visit the Regional Chamber at www.regionalchamber.com"