The Local Development Councilor of the City of Lorca, Sandra Martinez Navarro, has taken stock of the unemployment figures recorded in the month of February, where Lorca has broken the negative trend registered nationally and regionally, and ends with 24 employees more than in January.
Martínez Navarro has valued that "while in Spain the worst February has been recorded in the last 6 years, in Lorca we are satisfied with the reduction of unemployment in 24. Our municipality continues to consolidate as a space for job creation and stability, what is good news, the decline is based on the decline in sectors such as services, construction and agriculture and forecasts make us optimistic to reach a period like the spring that is usually positive for the creation of employment in Lorca thanks to the good temperatures and the factor of dynamisation and attraction that is our Holy Week ".
With regard to the comparison with previous months, the mayor stressed that "the comparison is especially flattering if we look back." Unemployment has fallen by 116 people in the last year and 457 since February 2017. But the figures more The definitions are 4 years ago, and since February 2015, unemployment has dropped by 1,941 people. "
Despite the good figures, Martínez Navarro pointed out that "we should not fall into euphoria or relax, but keep working so that more and more Lorca are working and we can consolidate Lorca as a municipality of quality employment, which is what we all want. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca