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Join Steven Pitts Wednesday to Discuss How We Build a Stronger Labor Movement for People of Color

May 13, 2013 Mike Hall | Organizing/Bargaining

Join Steven Pitts Wednesday to Discuss How We Build a Stronger Labor Movement for People of Color

Join us Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT for this week’s live online discussion with with Dr. Steven Pitts, labor policy specialist at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. He is hosting our second online conversation on how we build a better future for working people and a bigger and stronger movement.

Little Relief for Jobless Black Workers in 2011

Jan 18, 2012 Tula Connell | Economy

Unemployment for African American workers has remained virtually unchanged, hovering between 15 percent to 16 percent throughout 2011, while unemployment for the rest of the workforce dropped below 9 percent, according to a new report by the University of California-Berkeley’s Labor Center.