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JOB LOSSES * USA - Fewer trucking ones in May
Washington,DC,USA -eTrucker -8 June 2009: -- For-hire trucking companies shed a little more than 8,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in May – the smallest number since October, according to preliminary data released by the Department of Labor... Payroll employment among for-hire trucking companies in May dropped 0.6 percent from April levels and 9.4 percent from May 2008 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on today, June 5. The latest numbers also reflect a slight downward revision in trucking employment levels for April... With the estimated 8,100 jobs lost in May, the trucking industry has lost more than 67,000 jobs since the end of 2008 – a decline of 5 percent... The BLS numbers reflect all payroll employment in for-hire trucking, but they don’t include trucking-related jobs in other industries, such as a truck driver for a private fleet... (Photo from carrievillines: Florida's trucker)
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