London’s jobless rate hits 9.1%, now highest in the country

London’s jobless rate hits 9.1%, now highest in the country
The London Free Press
The local economy lost more than 3,000 jobs in March, pushing the London area’s unemployment rate to 9.1 per cent, the highest in Canada, new figures show. March’s jobless rate marks the eight straight month the local unemployment figure has been rising, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The rate was 8.8
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 Workers at 3M Canada and Autoneum Canada recently ratified the deals, but union members heard at the bargaining table the businesses are watching the trade and tariff dispute between Canada and the U

The London Free Press
Two London manufacturers have shaken off industry uncertainty to settle collective agreements delivering wage, benefit increases to workers.
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London-area jobless rate spikes in glimpse of Donald Trump’s tariff toll

The London Free Press
London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus.   Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]
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Unemployment rate in region that includes Grey-Bruce ticks up

Kincardine News

Despite a rise in the unemployment rate in the region that includes Grey-Bruce, the area had the lowest jobless rate in Ontario last month. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board release a report last week that shows the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula region increased by 0.4 percentage points in December to 3.6 […]

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