State Tops US In Job Loss Rate (Massachusetts)

[matcom]

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WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts lost jobs faster than any other state since employment peaked in 2001, according to figures released yesterday by the US Department of Labor.

The state suffered a 6.2 percent decline in jobs between January 2001 and January 2004, the highest rate in the nation and more than three times the national average drop of 1.7 percent for the period.

Massachusetts shed jobs across the board, according to the report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the past three years, employment fell by 20 percent in manufacturing, by 25 percent in information and telecommunication, and by 15 percent in the so-called professional and business sector, which includes a range of high-end and low-end service jobs.

http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2004/03/11/state_tops_us_in_job_loss_rate/

[gasperc]

1. I worried that Kerry might lose his home state like Gore did

but with this report I'll sleep better at night

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Not a chance

Kerry stomped on Weld, who was very popular in Massachusetts. No f'in way Bay Staters would EVER, EVER vote for Bush. Never happen.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. Absolutely Correct-There is a lot of anti-Bush sentiment here

it even sneaks into local right-wing radio.