Economy Jobless Claims

Economy Jobless Claims
Unemployed ironworker Jose Rivera pickets outside a Pratt Institute construction project to protest the presence of non-union workers Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The city's once-robust construction boom has stalled. The Labor Department said Thursday new jobless claims rose to 669,000 last week from the previous week's revised figure of 657,000. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)