President Obama speaks out on jobs
Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by crowley in Blog, General
“Jobs will be our No. 1 focus in 2010,” the President told an audience in Nashua, NH this week. “And we’re going to start where most new jobs do — with small businesses.”
We say hooray to that. The effects of the down economy are still felt acutely around Oregon.
A friend from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) provided some stark statistics from Oregon locals. Unemployment among IBEW members was 33% in the Portland area (Local 48); 47% percent in central Oregon (Local 280) and 47% in southern Oregon (Local 659). Unemployment that high among those skilled workers is a sure sign that recovery still has a ways to go.
CEP and IBEW have worked together on projects and policy for years. We’d like to work together again on putting IBEW members to work on the Greater Echanis wind projects and help to bring these fabulous resources on line soon.
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