
"Hundreds Camp Out For Job Opps In Queens"
Story here. I wonder how many were female? Excerpt:
'Hundreds of job-seekers did just that in Queens in the hopes of landing a coveted union job.
Construction workers, engineers, electricians -- hundreds spent the weekend right here. Many left with a job application, while many others walked away empty-handed.
"The sky's the limit after this!" said Aaron Johnson of Mount Vernon.
Johnson is living month-to-month, struggling to pay the bills, with a 4-year-old daughter to support -- and he was one of the lucky ones.
After three days of sleeping on the street, he left with one of just 750 job applications handed out for a position as an elevator technician apprentice -- a secure job with pension and benefits and an earning potential up to $40 an hour.
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"Right here, baby girl ... she's depending on my in three years to have the big house ... and that's what I'm working on," Johnson said.'
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