Employment And Unemployment

Unemployment up 1 percent in 1 month (03/12/10)
Bedford County's unemployment rate jumped a full percentage point in January to 13.6 percent, according to preliminary figures released Thursday. According to numbers from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the jobless rate increased in all 95 counties...

Unemployment rate up by 0.3% in county (01/29/10)
Bedford County's jobless rate rose once again in December, bringing the unemployment numbers for the county to 12.6 percent. Preliminary figures released by the state's department of labor and workforce development Thursday showed the jobless rate rose 0.3 percent last month...

Workers available, job study shows (01/26/10)
A study conducted last summer by Middle Tennessee State University's Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) of a seven-county region of Southern Middle Tennessee, including Bedford County, shows that out of a work force of 121,782, not only were 18,523 unemployed but a similar number -- 18,055 -- were underemployed...

County's jobless rate shows slight increase during November (12/24/09)
Preliminary unemployment figures released Wednesday showed a slight rise in the county's jobless rate. Unemployment in Bedford County in November held steady at 12.3 percent, the same figure released for October. However, revised figures for October resulted in a rate of 12.2 percent for that month, indicating the county jobless rate increased by 0.1 percent...

County unemployment rate rises slightly (11/27/09)
Bedford County's unemployment rate climbed slightly in October to 12.3 percent, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The jobless rate only climbed 0.1 percent, according to the preliminary numbers, with the labor force of Bedford County reportedly at 22,040, a total of 19,340 employed and 2,700 out of work...

Unemployment rate drops (10/27/09)
Bedford County's unemployment rate for September dropped from 12.5 percent to 12.1 percent, according to figures released by Tennessee Department of Employment Security. Bedford County had a labor force of 22,460 in September, with 19,730 employed and 2,730 unemployed...

Hardship likely to endure as economy recovers, say conference speakers (09/25/09)
MURFREESBORO -- Several speakers at the annual Middle Tennessee State University Economic Outlook Conference said key parts of the economy have stopped getting worse -- but that may still leave several years of hardship as the economy tries to climb out of the hole...

County's jobless rate rises slightly for August (09/25/09)
Bedford County's jobless rate has risen slightly to 12.5 percent for the month of August, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The rate rose 0.1 percentage point from the revised July figure of 12.4 percent unemployment for the county...

Bedford jobless rate drops by half-point (08/28/09)
Bedford County's unemployment rate dropped to 12.4 percent in July, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the state's department of Labor and Workforce Development. In June, the rate leapt 1.4 percentage points to 13 percent, but the new preliminary numbers for July means a drop of 0.6 percent for Bedford County...

Unemployment rate shows slight rise (04/28/08)
Bedford County's unemployment rate for March rose slightly to 5.8 percent, according to figures released by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development. The county reportedly had a total work force of 22,940, with 21,610 working and 1,330 unemployed, meaning that the unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent since February...

County unemployment shows slight rise (03/29/08)
Bedford County's unemployment rate rose 0.3 percent in February to 5.7 percent, according to figures released by Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The county reportedly had a labor force of 22,990, with 21,680 working and a total of 1,310 out of work. The rate was 1.4 percent higher than this time last year, when the unemployment rate was 4.3 percent...

Tyson defends hiring practices, works with refugees (03/28/08)
Tyson Foods officials have been working with the imam of Shelbyville's Islamic mosque to bridge the cultural gap that exists between the Somali community and the rest of the public. Representatives of the company also dismissed lingering charges of Tyson hiring illegal immigrants as "myths and misconceptions."...

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