As Gen Z joins the workforce, increased labor organizing might be here to stay

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[[link removed]]INCLUSIVE GROWTH
BLACK MEN AND THE U.S. ECONOMY: HOW THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS PERPETUATING
SYSTEMIC RACISM
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
* The COVID-19 recession has had severe impacts on Black men’s employment
* Historic discrimination means that Black men have long been left out of the
labor market and are overrepresented in low-wage jobs
* Older Black men and those with disabilities face some of the greatest
barriers to economic security

If Black men had the same unemployment rate as white men in 2021, there would
have been, on average, an estimated 406,270 more employed Black men in the economy every month.
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In addition to Black men's overrepresentation in low-wage jobs, data trends show
that they tend to have some of the highest unemployment rates among all racial,
ethnic, and gender groups; in other words, the racial differences in labor
market outcomes experienced during the COVID-19 recession are not new.

In fact, since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began collecting data on
Black men's unemployment rates in 1972
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experienced by white men.

In order to address this systemic challenge, this issue brief

1. Examines how Black men are excluded from the economy and wealth-building
opportunities;
2. Considers the intentional policy choices the United States has made to keep
Black men outside the financial mainstream; and
3. Highlights the promising, intersectional policy interventions that are
available to increase the number of Black men in the labor force, create
good jobs, address wage disparities, and close the racial wealth gap.

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