Last month, U.S. employers cut 140,000 jobs – the first decline since April. Of those 140,000 jobs, women accounted for all of them – women losing 156,000 jobs, while men gained 16,000. And we saw another alarming disparity; Black women and Latinas lost jobs in December, while White women made significant gains.
The national unemployment rate remains unchanged at 6.7%. While we do not know D.C.’s unemployment numbers for December, its unemployment rate has remained slightly higher than the national average. In November, the District had an unemployment rate of 7.5%.
In the past, D.C. has been immune to recessions, but why not this time? And why have women suffered the majority of the job losses throughout the pandemic recession?
Produced by Kurt Gardinier
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