Latino Working Class: Essential Work, Unequal Returns
As documented in the first brief in this series, Latino Working Class: America’s Economic Engine, Latinos represent nearly 20% of the total U.S. workforce, and about 80% of all Latino adults in the United States are working class.
This brief examines where Latino working-class adults work, the kinds of jobs they do and the conditions they experience on the job. We focus on employment, wages, benefits, schedules and safety to inform policymakers about the reality of millions of Latino workers who rely on wages to survive.
