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Post by bot on Apr 15, 2004 1:54:29 GMT -5
No Economic Progress for Hispanics Under Bush
The monthly unemployment figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm that Hispanics are not seeing any progress under the Bush administration. The unemployment rate for Hispanics stood at 7.4 percent in March, but 25,000 more Hispanics became unemployed, bringing the total Hispanics without a job to 1.4 million. This means that in the first quarter of this year, more than 164,000 Hispanics have joined the ranks of the unemployed.
While more Hispanic families go to bed wondering where their next meal is coming from, Republicans in the Senate still refuse to vote to extend unemployment insurance for workers who have lost their jobs, or increase the minimum wage for those who are lucky enough to have one.
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