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Growth in Construction and Manufacturing Slows While Mining Jobs Increase
by Matt Sedlar
Employment in construction, manufacturing, and mining and logging increased by 55,000 jobs in November, or a 0.27 percent increase over the previous month. The three-month ...
Housing Starts Push Construction Growth in South and West
by Matt Sedlar
Employment in construction, manufacturing, and mining and logging increased by 107,000 in October, or 0.53 percent, according to the latest state jobs data from the ...
Construction and Manufacturing Jobs Slowly Climb, While Mining and Logging Slump Continues
by Matt Sedlar
Employment in construction, manufacturing, and mining and logging increased by 93,000 jobs in September, or 0.47 percent over the last month, according to the latest ...
More of the Same in Blue Collar Jobs as the Numbers Creep Up
by Matt Sedlar
Employment in construction, manufacturing, and mining and logging increased in August by 45,000, or 0.23 percent over the previous month, according to the latest numbers ...