Glass Ceiling Is Intact, Labor Secretary Says
Labor Secretary Lynn Martin conceded Tuesday that little has changed since she vowed a year ago to help women and minorities land America’s top corporate jobs.
“We continue to find a general absence of minorities and women at the highest levels in the corporate work force, in the developmental programs and in the credential-building assignments,” she said at a news conference to release “Pipelines of Progress: A Status Report on the Glass Ceiling.”
Martin said the Labor Department study also uncovered evidence of more subtle discrimination in the workplace.
“There was at least a belief that there is still a tendency to judge women and minorities on what they had done and often men on what they could be,” Martin said.
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