WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » state office of labor and workforce development http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Fri, 24 May 2013 23:26:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Greater New Bedford Gains Jobs http://wbsm.com/greater-new-bedford-gains-jobs/ http://wbsm.com/greater-new-bedford-gains-jobs/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:37:04 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=43301 Greater New Bedford maintained the same unemployment rate as a year ago. It stands at 9.5% and is still the second highest in the state.

In terms of actual numbers, over the past year, Greater New Bedford has seen an increase of 642 people to the workforce and only 50 more workers unemployed than a year ago

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