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8/17/2011Read More...
Job increase fails to budge July unemployment rate
OLYMPIA – Despite an estimated increase of 5,700 jobs last month, Washington’s unemployment rate in July remained unchanged at 9.3 percent, according to the state’s Employment Security Department.
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8/12/2011Read More...
Belfair employment center to reopen soon
OLYMPIA – The WorkSource employment center in Belfair is relocating to a larger space and will reopen in mid-September at the North Mason County Resource Center.
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7/28/2011Read More...
Report: Thousands out of benefits, still out of work
OLYMPIA – A recent survey of Washington workers who failed to find work before running out of unemployment benefits revealed that three out of every four of them were still out of work.
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7/27/2011Read More...
Laid-off Birds Eye workers in Tacoma will get free retraining
The U.S. Department of Labor has ruled that all 236 employees who lost jobs when the Birds Eye canning operation in Tacoma closed last month are eligible for the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program.
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7/20/2011Read More...
Washington adds jobs for 10th straight month
OLYMPIA – Washington’s economy has posted net job gains for 10 months in a row, including an estimated increase of 3,600 jobs in June.
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6/23/2011Read More...
Washington's average wage increased in 2010
OLYMPIA – Washington’s average annual wage increased in 2010, due in part to the toll the recession took on lower-paid workers.
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6/20/2011Read More...
Massive hiring under way in Southwest Washington
OLYMPIA –Twenty-one businesses are hanging out the help-wanted sign as part of a huge hiring blitz to fill more than 500 new jobs in Clark and Cowlitz counties.
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6/15/2011Read More...
Job-growth paused in May
OLYMPIA – Following eight straight months of job growth, Washington employment dipped by an estimated 700 jobs in May.