Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report
                             National Edition
        Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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Economic Recovery Leaves Workers Behind?
with
. Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute
. Meizhu Lui, Dir., Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, Insight Center for Community & Economic Development
. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Dir., National Council of Negro Women's Research, Public Policy & Information Center
 
They say the economy may be bouncing back - but not for the workers. Unemployment reestablished its relentless upward climb in August, with the "official rate" rising to 9.7% with significantly higher levels for people of color & young  workers. Unemployment, much of it long term, will likely pass 10% by the end of the year and remain elevated for years. Further, for those that have jobs, wage growth slowed dramatically plus income and assets inequality is getting worse. Predictably, poverty is increasing for the unemployed and even workers with jobs.
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