AFL-CIO: Jobs Numbers Deceiving As Workers’ Wages Continue to Suffer

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015. In response to the June Jobs report that showed no wage growth, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement:

Although the job growth in June is promising, the fact that there was zero wage growth is appalling. Workers are tired of waking up every day and hearing about the so-called economic recovery. Working families are hurting because they have been left out of this “recovery.” We’ve heard enough double talk…