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Statement of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on July Employment Numbers

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2011.  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the July 2011 Employment Situation report released today:

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“Our nation’s labor market continued to add jobs in the month of July. The private sector added 154,000 jobs, and total non-farm payrolls rose by 117,000, with a loss of 37,000 government jobs. The unemployment rate ticked down to 9.1 percent.

“This is encouraging news, but it also shows that we need to…

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