Another grim finding is that we are down 1.3 million state and local government jobs over the last 9 months—most of it (more than 1.0 million) in education. THIS IS A MINDBOGGLING UNFORCED ERROR. Senate Republicans could fix this immediately with aid to state & local govts. 20/

And a reminder that it is not true that "everyone" is working from home because of the pandemic—only 21.8% of employed people report having teleworked or worked at home in the last 4 weeks because of the pandemic. That's less than one in four workers! 21/ https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/covid19-table1.xlsx

November was the 9th month of the COVID crisis, which means long-term unemployment (unemployment lasting more than six months) is now spiking. In the last three months there was an increase of in long-term unemployment of 2.3 million. 22/

The recovery remains highly racially inequitable. The white unemployment rate is 5.9%, the Latinx unemployment rate is 8.4%, and the Black unemployment rate is 10.3%. 23/

Our history and present of structural racism dramatically affect the labor market. B/c of things like occupational segregation, discrimination, & other disparities rooted in white supremacy, this crisis is hitting Black and Brown workers far harder than white workers. 24/