Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tweet[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2008 [29 April 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2008 [29 April 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were higher in March than a year earlier in
309 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 40 areas, and unchanged
in 20 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. Fourteen areas, 12 of which are located in
California, recorded jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, while
9 areas registered rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemploy-
ment rate in March was 5.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from
4.5 percent a year earlier.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2008 [29 April 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were higher in March than a year earlier in
309 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 40 areas, and unchanged
in 20 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. Fourteen areas, 12 of which are located in
California, recorded jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, while
9 areas registered rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemploy-
ment rate in March was 5.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from
4.5 percent a year earlier.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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