Last Decade Spelled Disaster For Older Workers

by Gary Kopycinski on March 4, 2010

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. Older workers endured a staggering 331% increase in unemployment over the last 10 years, a new analysis conducted by the AARP Public Policy Institute shows. This dramatic rise in older unemployed workers has resulted in declining financial and retirement security for millions of Americans who have little time to make up the losses.