The growing economic concerns of working-class Latinos

(BPT) - By Janet Murguía, President and CEO, UnidosUS

Work hard and you can get ahead. For the many working-class Latinos who work long hours, often at more than one job, and stretch every dollar, that no longer rings true. Nearly seven in 10 told us in a new UnidosUS survey of working-class Hispanic adults that they are falling further behind. The ladder of upward mobility is broken.

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