From indeed – a job search website: Job Market Competition: Unemployed per Job Posting

How hard is it to find a job in your city? Here’s the number of unemployed per job posting for the 50 most populous metropolitan areas in the U.S…

Most upstate New York cities have 1 opening for every 4 unemployed persons, and this is after significant population losses in those cities. Workers are facing job losses, and the loss of prospects in an unprecedented way, and likely without recovery in sight for the next 8-10 years. If jobs aren’t completely gone, hours have been cut and benefits have been slashed. People need the hope an encouragement of the Church, as well as its activism. Recall the PNCCs long history of Labor activism.

If you plan to speak to working people the Sunday before Labor Day, to speak a word of hope and encouragement, Interfaith Worker Justice has resources available in its New Resources for Labor in the Pulpits 2010

Is your congregation holding a Labor Day service or event as part of this year’s Labor in the Pulpits/on the Bimah/in the Minbar program? If so, let us know about it! If not, consider celebrating the sacred link between faith, work, and justice by inviting a union member or labor leader to be a guest speaker on Labor Day weekend, or focus your Labor Day weekend service on worker justice issues.