Here’s a list of media coverage and interviews that mention my work:
House Poor: Exploring the Obstacles to Black Homeownership, Wealth, and Well-Being
Profile by Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, September 24, 2020
“There’s been a lot of work on racial disparities and wealth inequality,” [Cherrie] says. “There’s also been work on extended family wealth. My research brings those together to look at how racial difference and wealth across your extended family can impact your ability to become a homeowner.
Tea From the Tower: Graduate Student Unionization
Interviewed on The Ebony Tower Podcast, September 26, 2018
The Mounting Attack on Organized Labor and What it Means for African-Americans
The Atlanta Black Star, September 27, 2017
“There is a body of research which shows that unions, in general, are an important tool in combating racial wage inequality,” said Bucknor. “The deunionization that we have witnessed over the past thirty years has in turn contributed to rising wage inequality. Therefore, any further decline in unions, especially in the public sector, is likely to have a disproportionate impact on Black workers and further contribute to rising wage inequality.”
What Labor Day means to my South Side and black union family
The Chicago Sun-Times, August 31, 2017
More People Are Happy Working Part Time Since Obamacare
Huffington Post, August 17, 2017
Hiring ex-convicts could help address America’s labor market woes
Yahoo Finance, June 1, 2017
At 100 days, Trump’s big talk on the economy lacks substance
The Washington Post, April 29, 2017
However, whatever income tax cuts he may propose for the lower brackets would likely have little impact on the total tax paid by working-class people. That’s because an amazing 89 percent of households pay more Social Security and Medicare tax than federal income tax, according to Cherrie Bucknor of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, who researched this at my request.
Would you hire an ex-felon? Consider This
Battle Creek Inquirer, March 16, 2017
Demographics of the Union Class
Interviewed on The Union Edge Radio Show, March 2, 2017
Union membership is up in Ohio, bucking a national trend
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 27, 2017
The Diverse Beauty of the Hispanic Workforce
Latina Lista, November 16, 2016
“Understanding the diversity and challenges faced by Hispanic workers is key to making better policy decisions,” said Cherrie Bucknor, report author. “This report shows that unionization is an important tool to improve the economic conditions of Hispanic workers.”
Empleo: los latinos no son todos iguales
La Opinión, November 1, 2016
Cities with the strongest unions
USA Today, September 5, 2016
Black Workers, Unions, and Inequality, a study published this August by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, found that largely because black workers are more likely to be unionized than any other race or ethnicity, the decline in unionization has contributed to overall wage inequality. The report argues that attacking unions can have a disproportionately large impact on black Americans. Not only do black workers benefit more than most workers from union membership, but also the states in which union membership is declining the most are primarily in the southern U.S., where a disproportionately large share of black Americans live.
What a strong labor movement has done – and can do again
The Hill, September 5, 2016
This Labor Day, Thank Unions For Boosting Wages
Think Progress, September 5, 2016
Unions give black workers a big wage boost
Daily Kos, September 5, 2016
Unions Close the Wage Inequality Gap for Black Workers as Well as for Women
Interviewed on The Union Edge Radio Show, August 30, 2016
Fewer Unions, Lower Pay for Everybody
The Atlantic, August 30, 2016
The presence of unions can help bridge other persistent economic gaps too. In a paper published by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Cherrie Bucknor looks at the wages of black workers, who are more likely to be unionized than white workers. Today 14.2 percent of black workers are represented by a union, down from 31.7 percent in 1983. But that’s still higher than the share of all workers who are unionized; that number is just 12.3 percent, down from 23.3 percent in 1983.
Who is Doing Better in the Black Community and Why
Interviewed on The Rick Smith Show, August 30, 2016
Interview
WVON 1690AM Radio Chicago, August 29, 2016
The US Robbed Itself of $87 Billion in 2014 By Not Hiring Formerly Incarcerated People
Mic.com, June 16, 2016
Seniors Working Hard for Their Money: 10 Million, Many Ethnic, in Tough Jobs
New America Media, March 30, 2016
Why Raising The Social Security Retirement Age Could Hit Latinos Hardest
Huffington Post, March 25, 2016
A new study showing that more than four in 10 older workers are employed in physically stressful occupations or work environments gives fresh ammunition to critics of raising the Social Security retirement age…“These data indicate that many workers would face serious hardship by working later into their life” if policymakers raise the Social Security retirement age, wrote the report’s authors, Cherrie Bucknor and Dean Baker.
It’s Getting Harder to Move Beyond A Minimum Wage Job
FiveThirtyEight, October 8, 2015
The broader decline of private-sector unions, which helped workers negotiate for higher pay, also likely played a role, argued Cherrie Bucknor, who has studied the changing low-wage workforce for the Center for Economic and Policy Research
The education myth
Al Jazeera America, September 9, 2015
Yes, Women and Minorities Are Making Strides in the Labor Market, But…
The Atlantic, September 3, 2015
The paper’s author, Cherrie Bucknor, who tracked the median hourly earnings of young adults ages 25 to 34 between 1979 and 2014, found that though racial groups follow the same general pattern of wage growth and contraction over the years, the gains are smaller and the declines larger for black men. In fact, between 1979 and 2014, the wage gap between black and white men has actually increased—from about $3.90 to around $5.27.
The economic plan that could save America (but scares conservative billionaires senseless)
Salon, June 29, 2015