RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesAdvertisement“They’re at the very bottom of the labor queue.
And when things get tough, they get pushed out very quickly,” said Paul Harrington, a Drexel University education professor and director of the Center for Labor Markets and Policy. “And that’s why we expect a historically low unemployment summer jobs rate.”The unemployment rate for people ages 16 to 24 was 18.5% in July compared with 9.1% the same month last year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers released Friday.A fuller picture will emerge on Aug.