Watch: Biden labor secretary says Black employment is seeing better days

By April Ryan

·May 30, 2024

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R) Mitch Landrieu, White House Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su speak to the media following an event on the Biden Administration's workforce initiative plan at Carver Vocational School on November 13, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland. The workforce initiative plan will create union jobs and provide training for up and coming workers and comes after the recent announcement that the Administration will invest over $16 billion to modernize Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor creating over 100,000 jobs 1,000 of which will be in Baltimore. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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, in April 2024: ”Both the unemployment rate, at 3.9 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 6.5 million, changed little in April. The unemployment rate has remained in a narrow range of 3.7 percent to 3.9 percent since August 2023.” The current Black unemployment rate is 5.6%, down from the previous month. Watch the entire conversation with Secretary Su on theGrio.com.