Rock County jobless numbers shrink
From the WCLO Newsroom:
Rock County's unemployment rate is slightly lower than it was one year ago.
The state Department of Workforce Development says unemployment rates by county mainly decreased in March. In Rock County, 6.2 percent of the labor force was unemployed, compared to 6.4 percent a year ago.
Unemployment in Beloit is up from last year from 8.8 percent to 9.1 percent. In Janesville it has decreased from 6.5 percent to 6.3 percent.
Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman says the state's labor market saw steady improvement last month as unemployment rates across the state declined from February.

Apr 24, 2008 at 5:53 p.m.
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it states the statistics are from March
Apr 24, 2008 at 9:31 a.m.
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wow,must NOT be including all the UAW members that were and are being let go..
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