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Posted: 6/14/2013 7:29:10 AM EST
A banner reading "Yes we can", is attached to a tent, as unemployed people and members of the unemployed assembly group camp in a park to protest against unemployment and precarious work in Madrid, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 7:29:10 AM EST
A banner reading "Yes we can", is attached to a tent, as unemployed people and members of the unemployed assembly group camp in a park to protest against unemployment and precarious work in Madrid, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 6:02:15 AM EST
Justice officials protest against austerity measures in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Spain has been in recession for most of the past four years and has a record 27.2 percent unemployment rate. The percentage is twice that high for Spaniards under 25 years old. The banner reads in Spanish: "The public is for all. No cuts and privatization. Without justice there is not democracy". (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Posted: 6/14/2013 6:02:15 AM EST
Justice officials protest against austerity measures in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Spain has been in recession for most of the past four years and has a record 27.2 percent unemployment rate. The percentage is twice that high for Spaniards under 25 years old. The banner reads in Spanish: "The public is for all. No cuts and privatization. Without justice there is not democracy". (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Posted: 6/13/2013 8:45:43 AM EST
In this June 6, 2013, photo, job seekers Antoinette Zinnerman, 39, left, with her daughter, Kennesha, 19, middle, inquire for positions at the 12th annual Mission career fair in the skid raw area of Los Angeles. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the second week of June on Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Posted: 6/13/2013 8:45:43 AM EST
In this June 6, 2013, photo, job seekers Antoinette Zinnerman, 39, left, with her daughter, Kennesha, 19, middle, inquire for positions at the 12th annual Mission career fair in the skid raw area of Los Angeles. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the second week of June on Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Posted: 6/9/2013 8:53:31 AM EST
This photo taken Saturday June 1, 2013, in Fresno, Calif. shows farmworker Cristina Melendez sitting in front of her mother's apartment, as her 5-year-old daughter Lupita Yarelin cries. Melendez, a Mexico native, and her seven U.S. citizen children have for years struggled with poverty, but without legal status, Melendez can’t file for unemployment when there's no work in the fields and only obtains food stamps for her kids. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)
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Posted: 6/9/2013 8:53:31 AM EST
This photo taken Saturday June 1, 2013, in Fresno, Calif. shows farmworker Cristina Melendez sitting in front of her mother's apartment, as her 5-year-old daughter Lupita Yarelin cries. Melendez, a Mexico native, and her seven U.S. citizen children have for years struggled with poverty, but without legal status, Melendez can’t file for unemployment when there's no work in the fields and only obtains food stamps for her kids. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 5:30:35 PM EST
Graphic shows the U.S. unemployment rate and monthly job creation.
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Posted: 6/7/2013 5:30:35 PM EST
Graphic shows the U.S. unemployment rate and monthly job creation.
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Posted: 6/6/2013 8:56:12 AM EST
In this May 29, 2013 photo, job seekers wait to speak with Patrice Tosi, of BluePay, second from left, during a career fair in Rolling Meadows, Ill. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 11,000 the last week of May 2013 to a seasonally adjusted 346,000, a level consistent with steady job growth. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Posted: 6/6/2013 8:56:12 AM EST
In this May 29, 2013 photo, job seekers wait to speak with Patrice Tosi, of BluePay, second from left, during a career fair in Rolling Meadows, Ill. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 11,000 the last week of May 2013 to a seasonally adjusted 346,000, a level consistent with steady job growth. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Posted: 6/3/2013 5:55:54 AM EST
A man sleeps near a poster with a picture of Spain's Finance Minister Luis de Guindos, in front of a Bankia bank's entrance in Madrid, Spain, Monday, June 3, 2013. Spain has been in recession for most of the past four years and has a record 27.2 percent unemployment rate. The percentage is twice that high for Spaniards under 25 years old. The poster reads "De Guindos, Trial and Punishment." (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Posted: 6/3/2013 5:55:54 AM EST
A man sleeps near a poster with a picture of Spain's Finance Minister Luis de Guindos, in front of a Bankia bank's entrance in Madrid, Spain, Monday, June 3, 2013. Spain has been in recession for most of the past four years and has a record 27.2 percent unemployment rate. The percentage is twice that high for Spaniards under 25 years old. The poster reads "De Guindos, Trial and Punishment." (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Posted: 6/3/2013 3:39:54 AM EST
FILE - In this March 1, 2013 file photo Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder speaks in Detroit. As they gear up for re-election campaigns, many GOP governors, particularly those across the upper Midwest, find themselves in positions of strength, having benefited from improving economies if not changes of heart over their policies. Snyder inflamed the state’s shrinking labor vote in December, when he reversed course and signed legislation, stripping unions of their ability to force employees to pay dues. Since then his job approval has risen, a reflection of improving jobs numbers: in April unemployment was 8.4 percent, down from 11 percent in 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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Posted: 6/3/2013 3:39:54 AM EST
FILE - In this March 1, 2013 file photo Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder speaks in Detroit. As they gear up for re-election campaigns, many GOP governors, particularly those across the upper Midwest, find themselves in positions of strength, having benefited from improving economies if not changes of heart over their policies. Snyder inflamed the state’s shrinking labor vote in December, when he reversed course and signed legislation, stripping unions of their ability to force employees to pay dues. Since then his job approval has risen, a reflection of improving jobs numbers: in April unemployment was 8.4 percent, down from 11 percent in 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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Posted: 6/3/2013 3:39:54 AM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address in Lima, Ohio. As they gear up for re-election, many GOP governors, particularly those across the upper Midwest, find themselves in positions of strength, having benefited from improving economies, if not changes of heart over their policies. Kasich scored a victory when the legislature approved his agenda to lower taxes on income and businesses, specifically the state’s growing energy sector. And unemployment has tumbled steadily, from more than 9 percent when he took office to 7 percent in April. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)
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Posted: 6/3/2013 3:39:54 AM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address in Lima, Ohio. As they gear up for re-election, many GOP governors, particularly those across the upper Midwest, find themselves in positions of strength, having benefited from improving economies, if not changes of heart over their policies. Kasich scored a victory when the legislature approved his agenda to lower taxes on income and businesses, specifically the state’s growing energy sector. And unemployment has tumbled steadily, from more than 9 percent when he took office to 7 percent in April. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)
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Posted: 6/1/2013 5:30:30 PM EST
Protestors march holding a banner reading "Troika go home" during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Anti-austerity protesters took to the streets of European cities including Madrid and Lisbon to express their anger at government cuts they say are making the financial crisis worse by stifling growth and increasing unemployment. Spain has been in recession for most of the past four years and has a record 27.2 percent unemployment rate. The percentage is twice that high for Spaniards under 25 years old. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Posted: 6/1/2013 5:30:30 PM EST
Protestors march holding a banner reading "Troika go home" during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Anti-austerity protesters took to the streets of European cities including Madrid and Lisbon to express their anger at government cuts they say are making the financial crisis worse by stifling growth and increasing unemployment. Spain has been in recession for most of the past four years and has a record 27.2 percent unemployment rate. The percentage is twice that high for Spaniards under 25 years old. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
