Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. Special Factor: As a result of a labor dispute between Communications Workers of America and Verizon Communications, at least 12,500 initial claims were filed in the week ending 8/13/2011 and at least 8,500 initial claims were filed in the week ending 8/20/2011 .
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending August 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 417,000, an increase of 5,000 from the…






