Posted on 07/10/2009 5:41:10 PM PDT by dragnet2
State's unemployment rate jumped to .5 percent Texas Workforce Commission Can't Keep Up to 7.1 percent in May
The rising number of jobless Texans has generated more claims than the Texas Workforce Commission can handle.
The commission has added hundreds of workers and phone lines to call centers to deal with soaring unemployment claims, but officials acknowledge that they can't answer every call.
Claimants are urged to file for claims on the commission's Web site, www.twc.state.tx.us, which also has answers to commonly asked questions.
The percentage of claims filed online has risen from about 30 to 50.
The state's unemployment rate jumped to 7.1 percent in May, from a revised 6.6 percent in April.
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During May, Texas’ seasonally adjusted non-agricultural employment base lost 24,700 jobs, TWC said.
“The Texas unemployment rate continued to follow the national unemployment rate’s upward trend,” said TWC Chairman Tom Pauken.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington submarket, the Texas unemployment rate hit 7.1 percent in May, which is up from 6.6 percent a month earlier and from 4.6 percent a year earlier.
Meanwhile in the Plano-Dallas-Irving submarket, the unemployment rate hit 7.2 percent, which is up from 6.6 percent a month earlier and 4.6 percent a year earlier.
In the Fort Worth-Arlington submarket, the unemployment rate hit 7.1 percent, up from 6.5 percent the month before and 4.5 percent a year earlier.
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/06/15/daily50.html
This is the 0 solution in action.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area has lost 62,500 jobs over the last 12 months, with employment falling at a faster rate in the Dallas area than in the Fort Worth area.
Don’t worry, Joe Biden said he underestimated and it’s still all Bush’s fault.
A new industry?
http://www.kxxv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10562052&nav=menu509_2
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