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By The Associated PressOklahoma labor group representatives want the state’s two U.S. senators to end their opposition to a bill that would extend unemployment benefits for laid-off workers.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more

By JULIANA BARBASSA, Associated Press WriterIn a tongue-in-cheek call for immigration reform, farm workers are teaming up with comedian Stephen Colbert to challenge unemployed Americans: Come on, take our jobs.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more

BY MEGAN ROLLANDJust before a public meeting for parents and teachers about budget cuts Tuesday, the Oklahoma City Public Schools superintendent announced 36 jobs will be cut from the central office, which is to be restructured.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more

New figures show more Oklahomans were out of work in May than in April or during the same period in 2009.According to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma’s unemployment rate was 6.7 percent, a slight increase over the 6.6 percent rate reported in April.Read more on NewsOK.com Read more

The May 2020 unemployment numbers present both a real paradox, and a grim picture for U.S. job seekers. On one hand, fifteen million people are now unemployed.

On the other hand, U.S. manufacturing export orders are at the highest level since 1988! There are now postings for 2.5 million job openings and an equivalent number of so called “vacant jobs” that have been unfilled for six months or longer.

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