In the last 12 months unemployment has decreased in the municipality by 12%, above the national 8.2% and the regional 9.2%.
Today there are 754 Lorca less than at the end of January 2016, which places us in the lowest number of registered unemployed since January 2009.
The Council of Employment of the City of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra, has expressed its satisfaction because "during this month of January has returned to stop the unemployment in our municipality despite the increase that has suffered at national and regional level, with a historic decline, Since for a decade the numbers of employment in the municipality were not reduced at the end of January. "
Ibarra stressed that "in particular, in the last month unemployment has fallen in Lorca in 59 people, which is 1%, which puts us in the lowest number of unemployed since January 2009."
The mayor has shown her satisfaction because "the list of unemployed Lorca has also fallen in the last year in 754 people, or 12%, which means that it is 3 points faster than in the rest of the Region and 4 More than in the rest of the country, and all sectors have benefited from this data. "
Eulalia Ibarra explained that "there are sectors such as construction that thanks to the huge public investment that we are doing has gone from having 1,431 people before the earthquakes of 2011 to 497 today."
For all this, Ibarra stressed that "the figures are getting better and confirm that we are on the right track, but as long as there is only one stop in Lorca we will continue to work with the regional and national administration, as well as economic agents and social".
The council has stressed that "we still have large projects in progress, which as we have implemented so far, not only generate more employment in construction, but also wealth for the municipality, with economic activity in sectors such as services and feedback to the rest".
The mayor stressed that "the main priority of the administrations will continue to be to help find a job or to promote their own business project, for which we continue to increase the available means of advice, business incubators, economic incentives ...".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca