From this report: "During the majority of the past 50 years Black Americans have experienced unemployment rates that, were they experienced by the entire population, would be seen as recessionary." smh. https://twitter.com/EdLaborCmte/status/1275105040454295552

"The typical Black households earns a fraction of
White households—just 59 cents for every dollar. The gap between Black and White annual household incomes is about $29,000 per year."

Throw in some compounding and that's A LOT of income forgone over time. smh.

"Black workers are significantly more likely to work at or below the minimum wage than White workers [...] In 2018, Black workers made up 18% of minimum wage workers despite being only 12.5% of the population."

I've seen this for years w/ppl + their water bills at @HumanUtility.

Extremely hard to hold a household up on money less than $10/hr.

"Black Americans would especially benefit from increases in the minimum wage. Research shows that this not only would raise wages for workers who receive the minimum wage, but those earning more than the minimum wage"

Minimum wage shouldn't be < $15. (And that's low, too, tbh.)

"Black women face a double-penalty in income, earning less due to both racial and gender disparities. This income penalty can be traced in part to discrimination and occupational segregation."

(This next part in the next tweet is the kicker...!)

"Black women earned 68 cents for every dollar earned by White men in 2019, improving from 65 cents in 2018. This gender-racial gap in earnings between Black women and White men translates to a lifetime earnings difference of over $900,000 (assuming a 40-year career)."