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Unemployment figures reach historic lows with 3,354 unemployed, 237 less than at the end of
These are historical data, because in the evolution of unemployment in 2009, these record figures have not been recorded
Rosa María Medina Mínguez, mayor of local development and employment: «We have reached the structural strike, but we are not satisfied and we continue working according to the commercial sectors that require workers»
Thursday, July 3, 2025. Unemployment falls in Lorca. It has become a trend, just as the largest drop is seen in the services sector. The city’s reactivation, with a wide calendar of events taking place throughout the year, determines the constant and positive improvement of these unemployment figures reaching historic lows with 3,354 unemployed, 237 less than at the end of the year. It is, said the local development and employment mayor on Thursday, Rosa María Medina Mínguez, «historical data, because in the evolution of unemployment in 2009, these figures were not recorded».
The mayor emphasized that «our municipal project, which started in June 2023, is yielding visible results in hiring, to the point that we can also mention that we have reached the structural strike. But we are not satisfied with these data, which reinforces the positive trend and we will continue working on the different programs and initiatives that we have been developing since the beginning.»
The data provided by the State Employment Service Observatory, Boss, indicates that unemployment in June decreased compared to the previous month, by 63 unemployed. In May, there were 3,417 unemployed, and currently the figure is 3,354 «, which represents a decrease of almost 2%, continuing the downward trend of recent months,» explained the local development and employment mayor.
Likewise, the annual rate reflects a decrease in unemployment of -6.7%, «with which we can guarantee that unemployment data continue a clear downward trend, with figures well below 4,000 people,» he added. And he contributed that «sectors like services and first-time unemployed people recorded a reduction in the number of people without work, -83 and -15 respectively».
The mayor recalled that last year closed with 3,591 people unemployed, 317 less than the beginning of that same year «, a figure that has not been recorded for almost two decades. They have a historical date, in the evolution of 2009 units since the record of 2009 needles had not been recorded.
In 2015 it decreased considerably below this figure, dropping until it reached in December 2016 just over 5,500 unemployed. This decline continued, repeating in the 2018 figures that did not exceed 5,000, as happened in 2019. The following year, unemployment increased, to stabilize again in the third quarter of 2021, with a steep decrease that led to the end of the year with just over 4,000 unemployed. «Last year ended with 3,591 unemployed. It continued to decrease to 3,579 people inflating the unemployment lists. And in June, we reduced this figure, bringing it down to 3,354,» meant the local development and employment mayor.
From the Department of Local Development, training progress and local development programs are carried out, in collaboration with different regional, national, and community institutions and organizations. Its purpose is «the interaction of students in achieving the works, providing quality training that combines real practices with training, contributes to the beauty of the city and makes those executing it the beneficiaries of the programs».
Actions that allow many unemployed people to have their first contact with the reality of the job market. «We are in constant communication with employers, but especially with those who need personnel. Together, we are ready to train the future workers». And he concluded by pointing out that «we have a functioning follow-up to reduce unemployment figures. The revitalization of the city is key for many unemployed from the services sector to find employment.