Washington, DC – The Department of Labor reports 16,000 fewer American citizens ask for unemployment insurance. Still more than a half-million people, 630-thousand Americans, require help to survive the economic contraction. These numbers Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick often cites as the greatest in decades.
The Bay State avoids distinction of being among states with increases of more than one thousand workers losing pay checks. In our great state 150-thousand citizens sought unemployment help last week, less than the previous week. Over 22-hundred fewer Bay State citizens filed jobless insurance claims than did before June 20th.
Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development employment and jobless reports lag behind those from the US DOL.
The Associated Press hears Maury Hanigan, Layoff Coach, say numbers are misleading in regard to what employers plan.
When seeking jobless assistance in Massachusetts start with the Division of Unemployment Assistance.
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