Black Workers See Fastest Wage Growth In More Than 15 Years
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Channel: Roland S. Martin · 2016 · Film & Animation
The US Labor Department found weekly earnings rose by nearly ten percent for full-time Black workers in the third quarter of this year. That's the fastest rate of growth since 2000. The increase in earnings since the recession ended in mid-2009 for African-Americans is 15.7 percent. Latinos are next in line with 15.5 percent and whites are a little more than 13 percent. The report points out the bulk of the improvement for African-Americans and Latinos has happened in the past two years. William Spriggs, economist for AFL-CIO spoke with Roland Martin about the economic gains during Tuesday's edition of NewsOne Now Want more Roland Martin? Watch NewsOne Now every weekday morning starting at 7AM ET on TV One. Listen to The Roland Martin Show weekdays on the TuneIn Radio app 10AM ET - 1PM ET: http://bit.ly/29Pt1IS Follow Roland Martin on the following social media platforms: Facebook: http://bit.ly/2dgI2GO Twitter: http://bit.ly/2dgFOra Instagram: http://bit.ly/2d48Acu For more info about Roland visit http://www.rolandsmartin.com
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