May’s Unemployment Rate Inches Back up to 8.2 Percent, More Bad News Negatively Impacts Young Americans

Number’s Day Statement and Call to Action: Generation Opportunity President Paul T. Conway, Former Chief of Staff of The United States Department of LaborWashington, DC – (6/1/12) – Generation Opportunity President Paul T. Conway, former Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Labor, where the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is housed, and the former Chief of Staff of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) responds to the May 2012 jobs numbers: “For young adults, the May unemployment number of 8.2 percent represents yet another chapter in the indefensible saga