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Nearly 400K Virginians remain unemployed
Nearly 400,000 Virginians are still unemployed following the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, though the number of initial jobless claims in the commonwealth continues to decrease. About 31,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, down from roughly 49,000 the prior week, according to the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). The state’s weekly unemployment num[...]
403K+ Virginians unemployed
More than 403,500 Virginians are still unemployed following the economic devastation from the COVID-19 pandemic, though the number of initial jobless claims in the commonwealth continues to decrease. About 44,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, down from roughly 52,000 initial claims the prior week, according to the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). The […]
52K Virginians filed jobless claims last week
More than 52,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, according to the Virginia Employment Commission, a decrease of approximately 7,000 jobless claims from the week prior. “Though the 12.6% weekly decline indicates that the volume of initial claims has retreated from its recent peak, it may not return to pre-pandemic levels for some […]
Nearly 3M Americans filed jobless claims last week
More than 2.98 million people in the United States filed initial claims for unemployment last week, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics, marking a total of more than 36 million Americans who have filed jobless claims during the last eight weeks in the wake of the economic devastation brought on by the COVID-19pandemic. Last […]
VCU-Ariz. State survey finds 1 in 4 unemployed
Roughly one in four U.S. workers employed in February were unemployed by the end of April, according to a biweekly survey conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University and Arizona State University economists. Employment is declining, but it’s doing so at a slower pace, the survey found. The survey, which covers the week of April 26 through […]
Nearly 1M U.S. construction jobs lost in April
The United States construction industry lost 975,000 jobs in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s the largest recorded decrease in construction jobs since 1939 — when the government first started tracking employment, according to ABC. “The hope had been that […]
Nearly 60k Virginians filed jobless claims last week
Nearly 60,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, according to the Virginia Employment Commission, a decrease of about 12,000 jobless claims from the week prior. “Though the 17.7% decline indicates that the volume of initial claims has retreated from its recent peak, it may not return to pre-pandemic levels for some time,” VEC […]
72k+ Virginians filed jobless claims last week
More than 72,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, according to the Virginia Employment Commission, a decrease of about 10,000 jobless claims from the week prior. “Though the 12.4% decline indicates that the volume of initial claims has retreated from its recent peak, it may not return to pre-pandemic levels for some time,” […]
Survey shows 34M U.S. jobs lost since mid-March
Approximately 10 million jobs have been lost in the United States since early April, according to a biweekly survey conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University and Arizona State University economists — bringing the total jobs lost since mid-March to approximately 34 million. “The size of these changes are hard to fathom,” said Adam Blandin, the VCU […]
The last shift
For many restaurant workers, their final shifts fell on Saturday, March 14. “We had kind of a weird weekend, and at Saturday night, it was so dead in there, we said, ‘Should we shut down?’” recalls Brandon Peck, bartender at The Jasper, a popular Richmond craft cocktail bar. “The governor had, that day, made a […]
80k+ Virginians filed jobless claims last week
More than 80,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, down nearly 21% from the previous week, according to a news release issued Thursday by Virginia Unemployment Commission. During the week that ended April 18, Virginia saw 82,729 workers file for unemployment, bringing the most recent five-week total for jobless claims to 493,501 — […]
More than 100k Virginians filed for unemployment last week
More than 100,000 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment last week, according to a news release Thursday afternoon from the Virginia Unemployment Commission. During the week that ended on April 11, Virginia saw 104,619 workers file for unemployment, bringing the most recent four-week total to 410,762. If 67,000 more Virginians file initial claims for unemployment, […]
