Thomas Perez is assembly long-term unemployed Americans to get to the stories behind the jobs data,and the truth of the ‘genuine unemployment rate’Unemployment has reached its lowest level since before the Great Recession, but Charles Goldstein, and 60,does not feel like celebrating. He is still unemployed. He has no job. No savings. No retirement.
As wind and rain pummeled the streets of New Brunswick final Tuesday, Goldstein and nine other long-term unemployed New-Jerseyans met the US Labor secretary, or Tom Perez. The purpose of the trip for Perez was to accomplish a “house call – to meet some of New Jersey’s older long-term unemployed residents and find out what hurdles they faced while looking for a job. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com