So They Voted For Change

From the Green Bay Press.

Do you know anyone who has lost their job? Where's the "CHANGE" you Kagen, Hansen and Obama voters got for your vote?

So you voted for 12.3 % unemployment for Green Bay ?

"Green Bay's unemployment rate stays put in May

By Bob Van enkenvoort • rvanenkenvoort@greenbaypressgazette.com • June 25, 2009

Green Bay's unemployment rate didn't go up in May. It didn't go down, either.
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After falling from 13.1 percent in March to 12.3 percent in April, the city's unemployment rate stayed the same in May, according to state Department of Workforce Development figures released Wednesday. The rate was more than twice as high as the 6 percent rate recorded in May 2008.

March's rate was the highest recorded in Green Bay since 1990.

The unemployment rate in the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area — Brown, Kewaunee and Oconto counties — also remained the same at 8.4 percent. It had declined to 8.4 percent in April from 9.2 percent in March. The rate in May 2008 was 4.1 percent.

According to the state statistics, 156,102 of 170,434 were employed in May in the Green Bay MSA.

"It's still an extremely difficult labor market," said Jim Golembeski, executive director of Bay Area Workforce Development Board. "Businesses are struggling and, at best, holding their own."

Having advanced skills is still a significant part of finding employment, he said.

"I keep saying: 'If you're looking for a job, you need a career.'"

There isn't a lot of change in the job market, he said, noting that a lot of people are still looking for work.

"Whatever a recovery is going to look like, it's going to happen quite slow," he said.

May's state unemployment rate was 8.7 percent, down from 8.8 percent in April and up from 4.4 percent in May 2008.

Unemployment in the Madison metropolitan area rose from 6 percent in April to 6.2 percent in May, still the lowest unemployment rate in the state.

The unemployment rate in Milwaukee rose from 8.9 percent to 9 percent.

Janesville continued to have the highest unemployment rate of the state's 12 largest cities at 12.9 percent, unchanged from April.

The national unemployment rate in May was 9.4 percent, up from 8.9 percent in April and 5.5 percent in May 2008." Green Bay's unemployment rate stays put in May | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette

I wonder how many jobs Jim Golembeski has found for the people of Wisconsin. Starting with New Page in the past Mr. Golembeski has been doing one heck of a job getting the people of Wisconsin employed in the area! I forgot where Golembeski gets his salary from? Those training classes are doing just GREAT.

Good Going Jim!

Keep up your GREAT work!