Abstract

These Are the Unemployed: Los Angeles

As an employment center, Los Angeles is equally difficult to throw a boundary line around. In Los Angeles, everything has its unique meaning. A year ago, for instance, the total labor force was 2,586,800. There are 67,000 fewer workers employed in manufacturing alone than there were a year ago. The total employment figure hasn't dropped nearly that far. That is, while other employment has actually risen in some cases, manufacturing has dropped to offset it and more. The other major employment area with heavy unemployment is construction--due partly to bad weather, partly to tight money--and here, too, it is the men who are out of work, though the age average may run a little older and the percentage of Afro-Americans fractionally higher.