Labour Market Bulletin Owen Sound
Labour Market Bulletin, First Quarter 2006
An Analysis of the Grey, Bruce Counties and the Georgian Triangle Area Labour Market
Service Canada
Highlights:
- Blue Mountain Resort's winter workforce is now close to 2,000 people.
- Wasaga Beach appears to be leading the way in local residential construction industry, followed by Town of the Blue Mountains.
- Demand for Brick and Stone masons is on the rise.
- Local striking community college teachers agreed to return to their classrooms at the end of March.
- Collingwood officials estimate the town has lost 500 manufacturing jobs over the last 18 months.
- Wal-mart opened their Collingwood store, employing around 100 people.
- Bruce Power has started to hire close to 1,600 construction workers.
- The number of people receiving Regular Employment Insurance benefit rose during the first quarter of 2006.
- Employment in Economic Region 540 declined by 2,400 jobs during the first three months of 2006.
- Employment in Economic Region 580 declined by almost 11,000 jobs during the first quarter of 2006.
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