Posted on 07/23/2010 10:31:19 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
More firms engaged in mass layoffs in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The results are disappointing. The number of workers laid off through mass actions of fifty or more increased by 7.2% compared to May. But more alarming is the number of firms that participated in these activities, which increased by 16.6%. That's the biggest jump since August of 2009.
First, here's the chart for the number of workers let go through mass layoffs:
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
I tell ya, combine this with all the links I posted on my other thread for all the cities and states reporting jumps in their unemployment rates.
If the numbers are released in a week or two and they show the rate dropping, I say we all go on a mass email campaign, calling bullshit!
Email Rush, Fox, CNBC, Bloomberg et al... anyone who will listen and report such.
In before Claude Raines...
Wow! As expected this is quite the “summer of recovery”! Happy days are here again! All praise the n0obama.
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