Massachusetts' top labor official wants jobs filled

From: The Boston Globe | Date: May 11, 2008| Author: Kathy McCabe | Copyright information

GLOBE NORTH 1 / Business Notebook

Suzanne Bump, the state secretary of labor and workforce development, will visit Salem on Wednesday to launch a new effort to fill job vacancies across Massachusetts.

"North Shore in Demand" is the first of several gatherings planned for education and business leaders to address workforce training and education issues. The goal is to find ways to match people with jobs. About 125,000 people are out of work in Massachusetts, and 83,000 jobs are un...