Jobs Crisis: While the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.6 percent for June, the underemployment rate or “real unemployment,” which includes people who are working part-time because they can’t find a full-time job spiked from 13.8 to 14.3 percent. While it is good news that employers added 195,000 jobs last month, Sen. Bernie Sanders remains concerned about high unemployment and increasing economic inequality, especially among young people and minorities. “It is absolutely imperative that we create millions of decent-paying jobs in our country,” Sanders said. “In the midst of this slow recovery, we must not accept a ‘new normal.’” Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=4281d61c-cb52-4b87-b45e-cf40c4f658ba
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:48:16 +0000
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