Blacks Lose Better Jobs Faster As Middle-Class Work Drops. Louis Uchitelle.
by Uchitelle, Louis; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 54Business. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): African American labor union members | African Americans -- Economic conditions | African Americans -- Employment | Manufacturing industries | Unemployment -- StatisticsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Unemployment among blacks is rising at a faster pace than in any similar period since the mid-1970's, and the jobs lost have been mostly in manufacturing, where the pay for blacks has historically been higher than in many other fields." (NEW YORK TIMES) The author considers "why the black unemployment rate, though still not high by historic standards, is rising twice as fast as that of whites, and faster than in any downturn since the mid-1970's recession."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Blacks Lose Better Jobs Faster As Middle-Class Work Drops, July 12, 2003; pp. A1+.
"Unemployment among blacks is rising at a faster pace than in any similar period since the mid-1970's, and the jobs lost have been mostly in manufacturing, where the pay for blacks has historically been higher than in many other fields." (NEW YORK TIMES) The author considers "why the black unemployment rate, though still not high by historic standards, is rising twice as fast as that of whites, and faster than in any downturn since the mid-1970's recession."
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