The construction unemployment rate jumped to 27.1 percent and construction employment dropped to a 14-year low as another 64,000 construction workers lost jobs in February, according to federal employment figures released Friday. AGC found that the economy would have added jobs for the third time in four months had it not been for declines in construction employment.
Read AGC's press release . The news was covered in the ,, , and the , among others.
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