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Construction unemployment rate drops to 13.2 percent despite 6k-job loss in April
The unemployment rate for the construction industry fell this month to 13.2 percent despite the industry experiencing a 6,000-job loss, our sister site, Equipment World, reported.
In March, unemployment was at 14.7 percent.
By the end of April, 5.19 million people held ... Read More...
U.S. unemployment drops to 7.7 percent in February
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent in February, the lowest level since 2008, CNN Money reported.
The figures, which come from a Labor Department report released today, count 12 million workers as unemployed, which CNN reports is due in ... Read More...
Good news, bad news on construction employment front
The construction industry lost 2,000 jobs in April, following similar declines of 3,000 in March and 1,000 in February, but still added 63,000 jobs over the past year as the industry unemployment rate shrank to 14.5 percent — the lowest ... Read More...
‘I Make America’ campaign turns 1; celebrates with virtual march on D.C. for infrastructure investment
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the I Make America campaign celebrated the campaign’s first anniversary, and to mark the occasion, industry supporters held a virtual march on Washington, D.C.
AEM called on its supporters to send letters, sign a ... Read More...
Cities add most construction jobs since 2008
Construction employment expanded in 56 out of 337 metropolitan areas between August 2009 and August 2010, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America.
More cities added construction jobs during the past ... Read More...
Construction employment expands in 26 states, D.C.
Construction employment saw gains in 26 states and the District of Columbia between February and March 2010, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. Two states saw no change and 22 states experienced ... Read More...
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