Mass job cuts in Ohio double

[OhioChick]

Nearly 6,000 Ohioans lined up for unemployment insurance benefits after mass job losses in September, which ranked as the nation’s worst month for large-scale employee cuts since September 2001, according to a federal report released Wednesday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 32 dismissals of 50 workers or more in the state last month, up from 29 a year ago, seasonally unadjusted. The number of companies cutting jobs increased only slightly, but resulting first-time unemployment insurance claims more than doubled to 5,912 from 2,579 in September 2007.

Around the nation, mass job cuts jumped 74 percent to 2,269 events from 1,307 a year ago, seasonally adjusted. Unemployment insurance claims as a result were up more than 80 percent at 235,681, versus 128,487 last year.

More than one in three people lining up for unemployment benefits last month lost a manufacturing job, bureau data showed.

More: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/10/20/daily41.html

[Azlady]

1. K&R.. how much more can Ohio take ? :0( n/t

[lib2DaBone]

2. ..But yet they vote for Mean Jean Schmidt and Bushbot....

.. and they line up and cheer to to see Sarah Palin. I don't get it? As a former Buckeye I've watched the steel mills and the car plants close... while these people vote against their own best interest.

[OhioChick]

3. Well, not all of us line up to see Palin.

If you recall, Ohio was blue in 2004.

[Winterblues]

4. What????

It seems to me like Ohio was the state that sunk Kerry and was accused of out and out voter fraud..

[OhioChick]

7. Exactly.....voter fraud.

The M$M were calling it for Bush while I was watching on my local news...people lined up around buildings after midnight, still waiting to vote. Coincidental that this happened in a Dem stronghold.

So yes, I do believe that Ohio was "blue" in 2004.

And let's not forget Ken Blackwell....

[PsN2Wind]

5. Were we lied to?

Those of us outside Ohio were told that Ohio went for Bush.

[OhioChick]

8. Do you think that you were lied to? n/t

[depakid]

6. Unfortunately, those who do make the state look really bad

just as "Joe" the plumber did.

In the age of youtube, they earn the state a reputation that doesn't exactly attract new businesses or investment.

[OhioChick]

9. I thought that I read here somewhere

That "Joe the Plumber" was a Repub. plant and from somewhere in Alaska where one can see Russia from their backyards? (I didn't keep up with the "Joe" story.....sounded to be BS to me)

[depakid]

10. Actually, he has some ties to Arizona

Which is where he lost his license for driving without insurance and running a red light- then failing o pay the ticket.

Odd that he was able to get an Ohio license, while his Arizona license was suspended. Apparently, he slipped through the cracks in the system.