REPORT: 164,000 part-timers in Mass. couldn't find full-time work

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http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20150623/NEWS/150628772/0/breaking_ajax

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the "involuntary part-time" group encompasses people who worked part-time "because of slack work or business conditions, or because they were unable to find a full-time job."
The group included 7.2 million individuals nationwide in 2014.

REPORT: 164,000 part-timers in Mass. couldn't find full-time work
By Michael Norton
Posted Jun. 23, 2015 at 2:26 PM

In addition to its 204,800 unemployed residents in 2014, Massachusetts had another 164,300 individuals last year who were working part-time because they were unable to find full-time work, according to federal data released on Tuesday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the "involuntary part-time" group encompasses people who worked part-time "because of slack work or business conditions, or because they were unable to find a full-time job." The group included 7.2 million individuals nationwide in 2014.

The federal government also categorizes "discouraged workers," or people not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available. The bureau said there were 13,500 discouraged workers in Massachusetts last year.

The bureau said its the broadest measure of "labor underutilization," which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force, was 11.5 percent in Massachusetts last year, down from 13.2 percent in 2013. Nationally, the comparable rate averaged 12 percent in 2014.

[haikugal]

1. My gawd that's a lot of people trying to make do....

What a shame!

[Enthusiast]

2. Just wait until the new trade deals kick in.

[newfie11]

3. Exactly!!!!nt

[Triana]

4. Shafta will make this SO much worse. And since TAA was removed...

...NO assistance for workers losing jobs under TPP. GOP considered it 'welfare'.

[ctsnowman]

5. I think that was the plan from the git go.

[One_Life_To_Give]

6. Not much manufacturing left in MA

What hasn't already gone offshore went to the Sun Belt. The Northeast is not the manufacturing powerhouse it was during the World Wars. We have jobs for those with very specialized skills such as BioTech specialists. And for people to wait upon their tables. With very little in between.

[Enthusiast]

8. That is not a very good situation to be in.

Someone said it, "We should make our own underwear."

What happened to all those cheap shoes? Now the prices are up and the quality is down, way down. I brushed my teeth with one of those Chinese toothbrushes, the bristles fell out after one use.

[KG]

7. don't be so nationalistic, just think how much better it will be for sweatshop workers in Sumatra!

[jtuck004]

9. Vietnam! Vietnam! Vietnam!... oh, sorry. Just practicing for the new morning calisthenics. n/t