{"id":7135,"date":"2009-05-18T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkleys-statement-on-oregons-unemployment-numbers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:47","slug":"merkleys-statement-on-oregons-unemployment-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkleys-statement-on-oregons-unemployment-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n de Merkley sobre las cifras de desempleo de Oreg\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Washington, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley
\nreleased a statement today following the announcement by the Oregon Employment
\nDepartment that Oregon’s unemployment rate has remained nearly unchanged at 12
\npercent for the month of April.<\/p>\n

\n

“For five straight months, Oregon’s unemployment rate
\nincreased one percentage point every month.  While it is good news that we
\ndidn’t see that kind of jump in April, Oregon’s unemployment rate is
\nunacceptable,” said Merkley.  “Oregonians are losing jobs they’ve had for
\nyears while small business owners are being put through the painful process of
\nhaving to let go loyal employees.  We must act aggressively and create
\nsustainable jobs so that our working families don’t have to struggle to put food
\non the table or send their kids to college.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

Oregon’s unemployment rate remained nearly unchanged from
\nthe revised rate of 11.9 percent in March to 12 percent in April, which is
\ndouble the unemployment rate from one year ago.  Over 9,000 jobs were lost
\nin April, less than in previous months. <\/p>\n

\n

\n

“Working families are the foundation of a strong economy,” said Merkley. 
\n“We need to create a clean energy economy by modernizing our transportation
\nsystem and building the green energy vehicles of the future.  We need to
\ncreate jobs for our construction workers to retrofit our homes, buildings and
\nschools to make them more energy efficient.  We need to retrain workers
\nwho have been left behind in our global economy and put them back to
\nwork.  When we invest in our workers we are building a stronger Oregon and
\na stronger nation.” <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Industries that sustained the most job losses were construction and
\nmanufacturing, cutting nearly 6,000 jobs.  The government sector posted
\nthe largest job gains, adding 2,100 jobs to their payrolls. Educational and
\nhealth services as well as leisure and hospitality posted job gains of 1,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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