Florida Metro Jobless Rates Among Highest in Nation
Florida metro areas dot the U.S. Conference of Mayors review of the worst large metro area unemployment rates in the first quarter of the year, with four Florida regions in the top 15.
Joblessness in America: A Searing National Tragedy
Twenty-five million Americans were unable to find full-time work in May. Nearly 14 million were officially classified as jobless. Millions more are outside the labor force and not being counted at all. The crippling affliction of joblessness has become a way of life for millions. And yet, policymakers in Washington are behaving as if none of this is going on.
America’s Long-Term Jobless Rate Worse than Great Depression
More than 45 percent of all unemployed workers, or about $6.2 million Americans in the U.S. have been jobless for more than six months, a higher percentage than during the Great Depression.
Jobless Claims Higher than Expected
Jobless claims in the U.S. were 422,000 for the week ending May 28, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 428,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
African-American Jobless Rate in Florida at 16%
Jobs, jobs, and more jobs are what most Americans are concerned about. In fact just last week the Daily Kos released a poll where the majority of respondents stated that jobs are their number one issue.
New Normal: Unemployment of 5% or Higher
Even as the economy recovers, the days of 5% unemployment may be gone for good.
Florida’s Rick Scott to Kill 8,400 Jobs with Trust Fund Raid
A coalition of road-building industry and other business groups on Monday urged Gov. Rick Scott to veto a portion of the budget that will remove $150 million from the transportation trust fund, arguing it will kill jobs.
Should You Move to another Location if you are Unemployed?
More and more Americans are falling into poverty every day and millions find themselves slowly going insane as they apply for hundreds upon hundreds of jobs and yet never get hired.
Jobless Rate Ticks Up, as Economy Adds 244K Jobs
The U.S. economy added 244,000 net new jobs in April, even as the unemployment rate edged up to 9.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.
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