Commentary

Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on November Employment Numbers

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the November 2011 Employment Situation report released today:

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“Our nation’s unemployment rate experienced a significant drop to 8.6 percent in November, a full 1.2 percentage points lower than this time last year. Nonfarm payroll employment added 140,000 private sector jobs last month. This means we’ve added 1.9 million private sector jobs over the past year — an average of 157,000…

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