Black unemployment increased in June while White unemployment decreased and Black workers account for 90% of job losses since April, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report.
in the U.S. rose to its highest in nearly a year in June, almost doubling White joblessness, which ticked down slightly, according to reports. fell by from 3.7% in May to 3.6%. Black unemployment actually increased to 6%, and Black job losses accounted for 90% of the recent rise in unemployment from April when it was down to 3.4%, a new Labor Department report said, according to Bloomberg and CNBC. Latino unemployment also increased in June, to 4.3% up from 4% in May.
Since April, the number of unemployed in the country has increased by 300,000, with Black workers accounting for the vast majority with 267,000 job losses, Bloomberg reported. "If the employment level for Black workers has gone down pretty significantly for the last three months, then that is a red flag," Carmen Sanchez Cumming, a researcher with the Washington Center for Equitable Growth told CNBC.
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