The Local Development Councilor of the City of Lorca, Sandra Martinez Navarro, has taken stock of the unemployment data for June known today and reflecting a decline in unemployment in Lorca of 94 people, from the 5,125 unemployed in May to the 5,031 at the close of June.
La Edil has pointed out that "a reduction of this magnitude is always good news, we are talking about almost 100 more people who are working and adding to the positive trend that is reflecting unemployment in our municipality in recent years. With respect to the same month of June, in 2013 there were 8,002 unemployed, so the decline reaches 3,000 people since then, in fact it is the best June since 2009, consolidating better figures at the outbreak of the crisis. months the figures are propping up, with small fluctuations between months, reflecting good health in terms of employment ".
Regarding the data for this month, Martínez Navarro stressed that "especially significant is the reduction in 74 people in the service sector, as well as 28 people in the construction sector, which are figures that invite us to face the summer with moderate satisfaction ".
Even so, the Councilor pointed out that "we can not fall into excessive euphoria because although the figures are good there are still many people who can not access a job." Give the local administration, with the constant collaboration of the Regional Government, we will continue working to implement plans and lines of employment that allow us to continue training and training more Lorca for a job In the coming days we will learn new initiatives aimed at further improving the professional profile of people in unemployment to open the doors of the labor market. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca