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Coast unemployment makes slight decline Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties all saw slight drops in unemployment rates from April to May, according to data released Wednesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Read more on The Biloxi Sun Herald Metro Augusta’s Unemployment Rate Rises To 8.7 Percent In May Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler [...]

Research In Motion won’t confirm if layoffs have started BlackBerry maker Research In Motion isn’t yet confirming if layoffs have begun at the Canadian tech company. Read more on CTV Toronto San Francisco Superior Court readies for closures, layoffs amid California budget woes Think the wheels of justice move slowly now? Recent state budget proposals [...]

May Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate in the Kern County was 15.0 percent in May 2011, down from a revised 16.0 percent in April 2011, and below the year-ago estimate of 15.5 percent. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 11.4 percent for California and 8.7 percent for the nation during the same period. [...]

Ohio’s unemployment rate stays at 8.6 percent COLUMBUS — Ohio unemployment held steady in May and was lower than the national jobless rate for the second straight month. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said today that the state registered 8.6 percent unemployment last month, which was unchanged from April. It’s a pause [...]

Philippines unemployment rate eases to 7.2% in April The Philippines’ unemployment rate eased to 7.2% in April as more people found work amid steady economic recovery, a government agency said yesterday. Read more on Gulf Times Unemployment improvement in Arizona TUCSON, Ariz. — Signs of life from the labor market in Arizona.  The state’s unemployment [...]

Vote to determine if N.Y. Target is its first unionized store | The Glean AFTERNOON EDITION Vote to determine if N.Y. Target is its first unionized store By Brian Lambert | Thursday, June 16, 2011 Friday is voting day in New York for unionizing a Target store — which would be the one and only [...]

Canadian unemployment rate falls to 7.4% Canada’s unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in more than two years as a combination more jobs and fewer people actively seeking work in May pushed the rate to 7.4%. Read more on Investment Executive California Unemployment Forecasted To Remain At Double-Digit Level Despite a strong start [...]

Special Session Ends Without Extending Benefits to Arizona’s Jobless The Arizona Legislature’s special session has wrapped up without a change to state law that would have extended unemployment benefits for out-of-work Arizonans. To be eligible for additional federal dollars, state lawmakers only had to change one word in state law.… [ Read more ] [ [...]

Editorial: U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby blocked a good Fed nominee in Peter Diamond If you are one of the millions of unemployed people in America today, you should be angry – very angry. Read more on The Republican Government Must Focus on Jobs for Young Workers OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 06/10/11) – Young workers continue to [...]

Moore: Spreading the word, Ventura County grows business Finding a job during the recession has been difficult for many local job seekers, especially with a peak loss of more than 30,000 jobs in Ventura County. The job market is slowly improving. The most recent Ventura County unemployment rate was 9.7 percent in April, the lowest [...]