Most of the 2867 new contracts were the services sector, noting that construction has also created 60 new jobs in just one month in August but leaves us more unemployed 82
Employment Councilwoman City of Lorca, Lali Ibarra has reported that in September the town was formalized in a total of 2867 new contracts, a 78.63% on the previous month, with most of them , namely 1774, the service sector.
Ibarra was further reported that "Lorca is still below the regional average and major cities in the region as rising unemployment, both in terms interaunuales as compared to last month.
Going into details, while the regional average in September stood at 2.32% increase, these figures come to 3.3% in Cartagena, Caravaca 2.3 to 4.94 in Cieza, and Lorca has been in 1.26.
The public work of the Municipal Investment Plan (PIMUN) in September has become to reduce the number of unemployed in the construction sector by 5.4%.
It also stresses that the greatest reduction in unemployment in the last month has been among men aged 25 to 34 years.
The figures cast in August indicate that they have generated new jobs in construction and agriculture.
In the first case it is noteworthy that have created a total of 60 new jobs, mainly derived from the wide range of public works launched by the Municipality through the Municipal Investment Plan.
In the case of agriculture, it is recalled that several months ago that the sector had been leaving negative data, a streak that was broken in August.
The sector that makes the worst figure for the umpteenth month in a row is services, which destroyed 118 jobs during the past month.
It is a fact that hampers the numbers leaving the rest of sectors, leaving a numeral for 6,577 unemployed.
City Council and social partners seek solutions to the case of services sector
Lali Ibarra is anticipated that due to the special negative effects of economic crisis in the service sector, the city of Lorca is launching this week a round of contacts with social workers of the municipality to agree joint strategies for the sector.
Ibarra stated that the development of this sector of particular concern to municipal councils, and that despite the measures advocated by the Bureau of Local Employment, continues to show negative numbers and troubling.
However, other sectors such as construction itself who flew out and are turning the corner, creating new jobs in recent months.
In this situation, the City Council hope to take action in coordination with social partners to try to halt the destruction of jobs in the shortest possible time.
The comparison in this case for the months of August and September indicates that the rise in unemployment has slowed during the month of September and this month that 82 jobs were destroyed, while in August, lost more than 150 jobs., A total of 231.
Employment The mayor pointed out that "although the situation in Lorca is not as bad as in other areas the total data, unfortunately, the data continues to be negative.
From the city council are aware that each standing more is a family drama that makes us work and innovate every day to resolve their situation.
Therefore we will continue to training activities and for invigorating the economy as we allow our skills, but we need the National Government to take structural measures because both our city as the rest of the Region of Murcia represent another example of a country that is undergoing a crisis as other states and is beating. "
UNEMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR (AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2009)
SECTOR
TOTAL
1st EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY
CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES
Aug-09
6.495
237
644
767
1.579
3.268
Sep-09
6.577
249
642
781
1.519
3.386
Diff ago - in September
82
12
-2
14
-60
118
SEX
TOTAL
MAN
WOMEN
Aug-09
6.495
3.695
2.800
Sep-09
6.577
3.669
2.908
Difference from August to September
82
-26
108
UNEMPLOYMENT BY AGE AND SEX IN LORCA (AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2009)
AGE GROUP
MONTH
Aug-09
Sep-09
Difference from August to September
TOTAL
TOTAL
6.495
6.577
82
16 TO 19 YEARS
MAN
102
108
6
WOMEN
77
88
11
20 TO 24 YEARS
MAN
389
396
7
WOMEN
226
255
29
25 TO 29 YEARS
MAN
604
578
-26
WOMEN
391
404
13
30 TO 34 YEARS
MAN
621
609
-12
WOMEN
431
458
27
35 TO 39 YEARS
MAN
483
494
11
WOMEN
461
475
14
40 TO 44 YEARS
MAN
446
438
-8
WOMEN
361
363
2
45 TO 49 YEARS
MAN
351
349
-2
WOMEN
344
349
5
50 TO 54 YEARS
MAN
283
274
-9
WOMEN
245
247
2
55 TO 59 YEARS
MAN
221
234
13
WOMEN
157
160
3
> 59 YEARS
MAN
195
189
-6
WOMEN
107
109
2
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca