Construction unemployment declines to 16.5% - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

constructonomics · 09-07-2009, 09:54 PM

ENR reported that construction unemployment declined to 16.5% in August but the numbers don't exactly jive. Feel free to check out the full article or leave your comments on if you think the construction economy is improving.

Thanks.

HusqyPro · 09-07-2009, 09:59 PM

It'll jump in October. Landscape contractors that don't plow or plow very little will have seasonal lay offs. Along with other outdoor trades that slow down/shut down in the winter.

Tinstaafl · 09-08-2009, 05:18 PM

John, why do you persist in attempting to lure this site's internet traffic to yours instead? Again and again, you are in violation of Contractor Talk's Terms of Service:

Participants may not post any message that directs others to any pages at their own commercial web site, including informational pages.

You know better; you have been warned more than once.

I have reported your post.

constructonomics · 09-09-2009, 05:08 PM

If you don't like what's on the TV you can just turn it off.....

I feel like I am providing valuable content that people enjoy and I am bringing more traffic to this site. If I'm doing all of this how can I be going wrong?

BKFranks · 09-09-2009, 05:42 PM

I would have liked to take a look at your article, but the actual link has been removed. I think things were starting to improve a little then in July/August started to take another dive and unemployment numbers(here anyway) have continued to rise. I haven't looked at the actual numbers recently, but I'm sure they're not good.

Tinstaafl · 09-09-2009, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by constrctonomics

If you don't like what's on the TV you can just turn it off.....

I feel like I am providing valuable content that people enjoy and I am bringing more traffic to this site. If I'm doing all of this how can I be going wrong?

TV has its rules too, and broadcasters who flout them wind up in serious doo-doo with the FCC.

I'll give you an attaboy for having a link to this site on your blog, and some of your articles are indeed food for thought. No one has a problem with you posting them here. But I and others, including this site's owner, have a problem with your willful disregard of the TOS here.

It only takes a moment to copy & paste; the fact that you choose not to do so indicates that you want people to leave this site and visit yours.

constructonomics · 09-10-2009, 05:21 AM

I would of course not want you to walk outside the hallowed walls of Contractor Talk.

Sorry for the sarcasm, but I get it all the time here.