Region’s construction employment: stayin’ alive 
It's a staggering - and sobering - statistic.
While construction accounts for one fifth of the U.S. work force, the recession has battered the construction industry. The result has been the loss of 990,000 jobs and a climb in unemployment to 18.7 percent for the year ending in April, according to Ken Simonson, chief economist for ...Login required
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