"Flores found that the number of people reporting private sector employment in California in late May and early June fell by 3.1% - a drop so significant it was exceeded in recent memory only by the employment downturn during the COVID-19 lockdown. The associate professor of sociology and faculty director of the UC Merced labor center based his analysis on U.S. census data from those months and published his findings over the summer."
"The employment decline grew further, with a 4.9% decrease in the first week of July - 742,492 fewer workers. Numbers somewhat bounced back in August, after a U.S. district judge temporarily banned roving patrols of immigration agents from stopping people based on the color of their skin, language spoken or vocation. But from May to September, private sector employment fell by 2.9%, Flores said in his latest report."
U.S. census data show private-sector employment in California fell 3.1% in late May and early June, a drop exceeded recently only by the COVID-19 lockdown downturn. The employment decline intensified to 4.9% in the first week of July, equal to 742,492 fewer workers, and overall private-sector employment fell 2.9% from May to September. Employment partially rebounded in August after a federal court limited certain immigration enforcement patrols. Noncitizen women experienced about an 8.6% employment decline, roughly one in 12 out of work. California citizens accounted for about 415,000 fewer private-sector workers from May to July, while noncitizen losses were proportionally larger.
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