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U.S. Labor Department’s social media messaging accused of not realistically portraying diversity

The U.S. Labor Department is making a stark change in its messaging on social media, focusing less on a diverse assortment of employees and laborers concerning gender and race, and instead concentrating on white males. The move is considered an effort to promote the hiring of American citizens over foreign workers, but critics argue the art and messaging are “not realistically portraying the diversity of the country’s workforce,” given that white men are considered a “minority” in the workforce. Labor […]

todayNovember 8, 2025

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Trump Says Immigrants ‘Do It Naturally,’ Revives Racist Labor Myths

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent President Donald Trump has sparked new outrage after declaring that undocumented immigrants are “naturally” inclined to perform grueling farm labor — and that people in “inner cities” simply “don’t do that work.” The comment, made Tuesday on CNBC’s Squawk Box, echoes centuries-old racist tropes and comes one year after Trump infamously told Black journalists that immigrants were “taking Black jobs.” “These people do it naturally, naturally,” Trump said, referring to […]

todayAugust 6, 2025

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Trump’s claim that undocumented workers are ‘naturally’ fit for farm labor harkens to racist theory about enslaved Blacks

President Donald Trump on Tuesday remarked that undocumented workers are “naturally” suited for farm labor, sparking outrage and evoking long-debunked racist theories about Black and Brown people being better at outdoor labor because of their physiological makeup. “You can’t replace them very easily,” Trump said of undocumented immigrants working on farms during an interview with CNBC. “You know, people that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They’re just not doing that work. And they’ve tried, we’ve […]

todayAugust 5, 2025

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Federal judge reinstates labor board member Gwynne Wilcox fired by President Trump

A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump acted illegally when he fired a member of an independent labor agency, and the judge ordered that she be allowed to remain on the job. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., found Trump did not have the authority to remove Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board. “An American president is not a king — not even an ‘elected’ one — and his power to remove federal officers […]

todayMarch 7, 2025

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Watch: Biden labor secretary says Black jobs are seeing better days

Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su sits down with theGrio’s “The Hill with April Ryan” to discuss the latest jobs numbers. Su tells theGrio the Black unemployment rate is particularly seeing better days under President Joe Biden’s administration. The acting secretary explains that employment in child care has seen a major boost for Black women. According to the head of the U.S. Department of Labor, the construction industry remains a large employer for Latinos. According to official Labor Department data, […]

todayJune 1, 2024