Women and African Americans dropped out of the labor market offsetting the number of people who claimed that they were unemployed. Women and African Americans are giving up on finding a job, as wages remain very low says AFL-CIO Chief Economist Story Transcript SHARMINI PERIES: It’s The Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries, coming to […]
Author Archives: William Spriggs
William Spriggs is a professor of economics at Howard University and the Chief Economist of the AFL-CIO. He is the immediate past Assistant Secretary for Policy of the US Department of Labor and has held numerous government positions and leadership roles in Civil Rights organizations.
