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By Larry Miller from OnMilwaukee.com blog 1/11/2012
What’s the real picture on joblessness in Milwaukee?
At a conference I attended this past weekend titled OneMilwaukee and sponsored by the NAACP, Mayor Tom Barrett estimated that there are 30,000 people out of work presently and up to 20,000 jobs lost in the city since 2007. He went on to describe the dilemma he faces as mayor. People in one community talk about the devastating lack of jobs. Then he’ll hear from employers in the city who say they cannot fill the openings they have.
OneMilwaukee conference-goers were reminded of data released recently in Milwaukee Today: An Occasional