Black Unemployment Rates Higher Now than at Recession's Peak, Labor Experts Say

Black Unemployment Rates Higher Now than at Recession's Peak, Labor Experts Say

 
By AFRO Staff

(January 21, 2012) - Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley Labor Center paint a grim picture for the African American segment of the U.S. economy: Black unemployment is worse now than it was two years ago.

According to the report, Black unemployment rates are higher now than they were at the official end of the recession in June 2009. The unemployment rate then was 14.9 percent. It stood at 15.8 percent at the end of last month.

Gerry Hudson, International Executive Vice President of the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) says that the country must continue to work hard to create more opportunities for African Americans.

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