More Reasons EFCA Must Fail No. 1: The Unemployment Rate Is Already Too High, And EFCA Would Make It Worse
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
October 26, 2009
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Alexa Marrero
((202) 225-4527)
With recent figures at 9.4 percent, 9.7 percent, and 9.8 percent, how high will the national unemployment rate go?
It’s a question that should give supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act pause. Here are some grim details of the September unemployment figures, courtesy of The New York Times:
“Since the spring, he and his wife have lived on her modest salary as a public school teacher and on hardship withdrawals from his retirement account. He has searched nationwide for his next contract, willing to relocate. “‘I’ve got to go where the opportunities are,’ he said. ‘The problem is, there aren’t many opportunities.’ “The latest jobs report lent credence to that contention. The unemployment rate continued to inch toward double digits, a level last seen in June 1983. The so-called underemployment rate (which includes people whose hours have been cut, and those working part-time for lack of full-time positions, along with the jobless) reached 17 percent, the highest level since the government began tracking it in 1994.” Goodman, “Jobs Report Highlights Shaky U.S. Recovery,” The New York Times, 10.02.09
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