U.S. construction
employment down by 20,000 
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: November 8,2011
As the construction industry’s unemployment rate hit 13.7 percent, the sector lost 20,000 jobs from September to October, the Associated General Contractors of America said late last week. The losses stemmed from continued declines in the public sector, the Arlington, Va.-based trade group said. Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist, said “boosting investments in key infrastructure [...]
