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Black Women See Job Prospects Improve
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Job prospects for Black women improved in June, as they recorded…
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Black Unemployment Rises
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After falling into the single digits in April, the Black…
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Biggest U.S. Productivity Drop in Decades Sends Ugly Omen
(Bloomberg) – Productivity over the past six months fell by the most in more than two decades, leading to…
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Wages Show Signs of Picking Up as U.S. Job Market Improves
(Bloomberg) – The American job market shows signs of entering a new stage that will bolster households as employers…
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Blacks Rejoining the Labor Market
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate rose to 11.1 percent in November,…
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US Job Gains Top 200k for 9th Month; Rate 5.8 Pct.
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days after voters registered their sourness about the U.S. economy,…
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Time to Raise Minimum Wage
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The first federal minimum wage of 25 cents an hour was established in 1938.…
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