"Stunning and sobering" is how Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond described December's job numbers.
There were over 125 thousand initial claims in Decmeber 2008, compared to just under 50 thousand the same time last year.
In Northwest Georgia, initial claims are up one hundred percent. Over three thousand claims were filed in Floyd county alone.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
State Jobless Claims Up 174 Percent
