Massachusetts unemployment

Mass. jobless rate highest in 30 years at 9.3 pct

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 9.3 percent in September, reaching its highest level since 1976.

Mass. jobless rate highest in 30 years at 9.3 pct

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 9.3 percent in September, reaching its highest level since 1976.

Mass. unemployment rate increases to 9.3 percent

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

By News staff BOSTON (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 9.3 percent in September, as the state lost another 9,200 jobs. The jobless rate in Massachusetts remains a half point lower than the national average, which rose to 9.8 percent last month. The state rate was 9.1 percent in August. The state office of Labor and Workforce Development says employment fell in several sectors of...

Mass. jobless rate rises to 9.3 percent in Sept

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 9.3 percent in September, as the state lost another 9,200 jobs.

Running for Kennedy's seat in the Senate

Collecting my Thoughts (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009

"We're in the second year of a major recession. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Our 401Ks and retirement plans have plummeted in value. Businesses have closed and are continuing to close. We have all seen examples throughout this state and certainly throughout the country. Here in Massachusetts, as the unemployment rate rises toward double digits, the response of the Governor and the...

Mass. jobless rate climbs to 8.8 percent in July

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009

The Massachusetts unemployment rate rose to 8.8 percent in July from 8.6 percent the previous month, as the state lost 2,800 jobs during the month.

Providence man denies Mass. unemployment fraud charge

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009

By News staff BOSTON, Mass. -- A Providence man was arraigned Tuesday in Massachusetts on charges he schemed to collect $18,500 in unemployment benefits from that state while still working. Christian Waldron, 38, pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to 29 counts of unemployment fraud and larceny over $250. According to authorities, Waldron applied collected unemployment benefits from July 2007...

Providence man arraigned in Mass. unemployment fraud

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

By Maria Armental BOSTON -- A Providence man was arraigned Tuesday in Massachusetts on charges he schemed to collect $18,500 in unemployment benefits from that state while still working. Christian Waldron, 38, pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to 29 counts of unemployment fraud and larceny over $250. According to authorities, Waldron applied collected unemployment benefits from July 2007...

Mass. unemployment rate up to 8.6 percent in June

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 8.6 percent in June, as employers and workers struggled with the ongoing recession.

N. Smithfield man charged with collecting while working

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009

BOSTON -- A Rhode Island man who worked as a security supervisor in Massachusetts was arraigned Tuesday afternoon on charges he schemed to collect more than $15,000 in unemployment benefits while continuing to work. Robert S. Johnson, 41, of North Smithfield, is charged with 27 counts of unemployment fraud and larceny over $250. After being laid off from his job as a security supervisor at Beth Israel...

Jobless rate reaches 8.2 percent in Massachusetts

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009

BOSTON (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Massachusetts climbed to 8.2 percent in May even as the state added 4,900 jobs - the first increase in jobs in a year. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, the unemployment rate surpassed 12 percent in May, Governor Carcieri said this morning at the annual meeting of the Governor's Workforce Board. In Massachusetts, the biggest jobs increase came in the professional,...

• Mass. unemployment rate up to 8.2 percent in May - Boston Globe

Mass. unemployment rate up to 8 percent in April

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/21/2009

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts increated to 8 percent in April, up three-tenths of a percentage point from a month earlier.

Massachusetts Unemployment rate city by town

Boston Gal's Open Wallet (Free subscription) | 04/21/2009

If you are curious which cities and towns in Mass have the most unemployed residents check out March unemployment rate by Mass. city and town. Hint - if you live in the Lexington, Lincoln, Concord,... [Head on over to Boston Gal's Open Wallet to read the rest!]

State unemployment rose to 7.8% in March

The Boston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 04/16/2009

Massachusetts’ unemployment rate edged up to 7.8 percent in March from 7.7 percent in February, according to a report by the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

• Mass. unemployment edges to 7.8 percent in March - Providence Journal
• NJ Unemployment Rises to 8.3% - New Jersey Real Estate Report
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