Black and Latina women carried the brunt of job loss in December
PolitiFact's ruling: True Here's why: When the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its latest job numbers, the Jan. 8, 2021 release brought a jaw-dropping number to light – from November to December the U.S. economy lost 140,000 jobs. Then came another jaw-dropper: As a group, only women lost jobs. Then came this claim, from Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski. On Jan. 9, 2021, she tweeted a link to a CNN article about the job losses among women with this comment: "This headline is hiding something from you. It wasn’t all women that lost jobs, it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact...
Source: statesman.com