Our Klamath Basin Water Crisis
Upholding rural Americans' rights to grow food,
own property, and caretake our wildlife and natural resources.
Our Klamath Basin
Water Crisis
Upholding rural Americans' rights to grow food,
own property, and caretake our wildlife and natural resources.
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Economy may be worse off;
Oregon underemployment second highest in nation Recent figures show about one in five Oregonians in the labor force can’t find a job, are working fewer hours than they would like or simply have given up looking. A U.S. Bureau of LaborThe federal report, called “Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States,” has a category known as “U-6.” Underemployment
This measure counts people
not included in the standard unemployment rate: “discouraged”
workers who have stopped looking for employment, and “marginally
attached” workers who have temporarily suspended their job
searches. 20.1 percent Oregon’s latest U-6 figure of 20.1 percent ranks the state just behind Michigan’s rate of 20.9 percent. The U-6 average for all 50 states is 15.2 percent.The Salem Statesman Journal also noted that about a third of the Oregonians who are no longer considered actively looking for work are from Marion and Polk counties, or the Salem area. Oregon Employment Department figures thatThe Salem area has a disproportionate number of those former workers: 2,114 by the state’s most recent tally. In comparison, the more populous Portland metro area saw a smaller decline in its labor force. The Portland area, including Vancouver, Wash., had 1,177 fewer workers from September 2008.Meanwhile, the labor force in the Bend and Deschutes County area increased by 1,777 workers. |
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