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Changing Lives While Growing Profits By Hiring Disabled Workers

The Manufacturing Executive · 19 Apr 2022 · 25m · Episode 98

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Tony Lopez, Vice President of Manufacturing & Logistics Services at Pride Industries, discusses the company's social enterprise model of employing people with disabilities in manufacturing and logistics. He explains that hiring disabled workers offers significant business benefits, including lower absenteeism, higher retention, and reduced defect rates, while addressing the labor shortage by tapping into an untapped applicant pool. Lopez highlights that accommodations are often low-cost (under $600) and that education bridges the gap between employer hesitation and successful integration.

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Pride Industries, Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Placer Community Foundation

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