Bush the Uniter just jumped that number by 71% from last month's number. Boy! That unemployment line is getting bigger and bigger.
I don't know what country it is, but someone had better start worrying about who he will invade, to get the attention off this uniting unemloyment line.
05/05/03
Challenger April layoffs up 71% to 146,000 By Rex Nutting
Layoffs of public-sector workers surged in April, pushing total announced layoffs to their highest level in five months, according to a monthly tally by outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas. Announced job cuts jumped 71 percent in April to 146,399 from 85,399 in March, Challenger said Monday. The budget crunch at state and local governments was finally felt in April as 57,927 workers were told to clean out their desks. It was the largest number of announced reductions in any sector since the 96,333 jobs lost in the airline industry in September 2001. "The sharp increase in job cuts last month should serve as a warning that it is premature to conclude that the quick end to the war in Iraq will bring a quick turnaround in the economy and job market," said John Challenger, chief executive officer of the firm. |
