Houma-Thibodaux lost 3,300 jobs for the year ending Aug. 31 as low crude prices continued to take a toll on the oil-based economy, new figures show. The area, comprised of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, lost 300 jobs last month, the Louisiana Workforce Commission said in a report today. The local jobless rate dropped from 7.2 percent in July to 7.0 percent last month only because fewer people actively seeking work and therefore are not counted as unemployed. The jobless rate is up from 5.7 percent a year ago…
Houma-Thibodaux walipoteza ajira 3,300 kwa mwaka unaoishia 31 Agosti kama bei ya chini ghafi iliendelea kuchukua toll juu ya uchumi mafuta makao, takwimu mpya zinaonyesha. eneo hilo, zikiwemo za Terrebonne na Lafourche mihadhara, walipoteza ajira 300 mwezi uliopita, Louisiana nguvukazi Tume alisema katika ripoti leo. ndani kiwango cha ajira imeshuka kutoka asilimia 7.2 mwezi Julai hadi kufikia asilimia 7.0 mwezi uliopita tu kwa sababu watu wachache juhudi za dhati kutafuta kazi na hivyo si kuhesabiwa kama ajira. kiwango cha ajira ni kutoka asilimia 5.7 mwaka mmoja uliopita …