{"id":1006164,"date":"2019-08-13T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1006164"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:03:51","slug":"dnc-responds-real-wages-declined-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-responds-real-wages-declined-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Responds: Real Wages Declined in July"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In response to real average weekly and hourly wages declining in July, DNC Deputy War Room Director Daniel Wessel released the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump promised he\u2019d raise workers\u2019 wages, but he hasn\u2019t. Instead, wages have remained stagnant throughout his presidency, and real wages actually declined last month. It\u2019s no wonder that Americans across the country are not feeling the benefits of our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Real average hourly and weekly earnings for all workers declined last month.<\/p>\n

Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>: \u201cReal average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent from June to July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today… Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.3 percent over the month due to the decrease of 0.1 percent in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.3 percent in the average workweek.\u201d<\/p>\n

Real average hourly and weekly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers, who make up 80% of the workforce, declined by even more last month.<\/p>\n

Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>: \u201cReal average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees decreased 0.2 percent from June to July, seasonally adjusted\u2026 Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.5 percent over the month due to the decrease of 0.2 percent in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.3 percent in average weekly hours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to real average weekly and hourly wages declining in July, DNC Deputy War Room Director Daniel Wessel released the following statement: \u201cTrump promised he\u2019d raise workers\u2019 wages, but he hasn\u2019t. Instead, wages have remained stagnant throughout his presidency, and real wages actually declined last month. It\u2019s no wonder that Americans across the country […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDNC Responds: Real Wages Declined in July - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-responds-real-wages-declined-in-july\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-13T20:00:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:03:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/War-Room.png?w=300\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-responds-real-wages-declined-in-july\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-responds-real-wages-declined-in-july\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Responds: Real Wages Declined in July - 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