Mass layoffs, unemployment claims rise in Missouri, Kansas - San Antonio Business Journal:

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Missouri had 54 layoffs of at least 50 workersin May, up from 46 in Aprip and 35 in May 2008, the bureauu said in a Missouri had 6,336 initial claims for unemploymentf insurance connected with the month’s mass up from 4,719 in April and 3,298 in May 2008. Kansas had 31 mass layoffs in May, up from sevem in April and 12 inMay 2008. The state had 3,5511 claims connected with the month’s mass up from 737 in April and 893 inMay 2008. The natiom had 2,738 mass layoffs in May, up from 2,549 in Aprikl and 1,552 in May 2008. The nation had 289,62i8 claims connected with the month’ws mass layoffs, up from 256,930 in April and 159,472 in May 2008.
May’s initial claims were the highestsince 1995. The manufacturing sectodr accounted for 37 percent of all mass layoffs and 43 percent of initial claims filedin May, compared with 25 percent of layoffs and 32 percent of claims last None of the figures are seasonallt adjusted.