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Construction job losses mount as funds dry up
The Australian
JOB losses in the construction sector soared to 48000 nationally in May, a 57 per cent rise in six months, as the collapse in new building work takes its ...

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Globe and Mail

Rising Job Losses Damp Hopes of Recovery
Wall Street Journal
Pink slips rained across manufacturing, construction and service-sector industries; education and health care were the only major sectors to add jobs, ...
Jobless rate at 9.5% - worst since 1983San Francisco Chronicle
Job losses rise in June, ending 4 months of improvementMiamiHerald.com
The Job Market's Grim PictureForbes
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Vick leaves job for kids club gig
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition
Vick had been working at that construction job since late May, when he was released from federal penitentiary in Leavenworh, Kansas, to serve the final ...
Michael Vick Working For Children's OrganizationPost Chronicle

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Why This Recession Is Hitting Men Harder
Wall Street Journal
Two male-dominated industries - construction and manufacturing - account for half of the 6 million jobs lost since the recession started in December 2007 ...

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In Case You Were Insufficiently Depressed About the Job Numbers
Washington Post
Many people in construction are not on the books. Most real estate people are not on the books. The people on the books are people that receive unemployment ...
Economist: Stimulus Appears To Be WorkingNPR

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Hawaii's unemployment continues to rise
Forbes
"We are anticipating even greater construction job gains as the governor's capital improvement projects get under way." However, the department pointed out ...
Jobless rates continue to climbBizjournals.com
City's Unemployment Rate Climbs to 9%; 361000 Are Jobless, Highest ...New York Times
California unemployment rises to record 11.5% in MayLos Angeles Times
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US employers cut 467000 jobs in June
Register
Among manufacturers, those making computer and electronic products shed 16000 jobs (these are seasonally adjusted figures: Construction companies shed 79000 ...
No Fireworks, Just Time for LightFOXBusiness

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JOB losses in the construction sector soared to 48,000 nationally in May as the collapse in new building work takes its toll.
JOB losses in the construction sector soared to 48,000 nationally in May, a 57 per cent rise in six months, as the collapse in new building work takes its toll.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Suspended NFL Star Michael Vick is leaving a job with a Virginia construction company to work with youngsters at Boys & Girls Clubs.
Education officials involved with the Ottumwa Job Corps project just received some long-awaited news.
Suspended NFL star Michael Vick is leaving a job with a Virginia construction company to work with youngsters at Boys & Girls Clubs. Steven Kast, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula, says Vick will be working with children on health and fitness activities at several clubs in the Hampton Roads area.
The pace of job losses quickened last month with the American economy shedding 467,000 jobs, as unemployment rose to its highest level in 26 years.
UP to 100,000 jobs may be lost in construction over the next 12 months, pushing the total number of job losses in the sector to 300,000 in three years.
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