The construction industry added 19,000 jobs in August, but the sector's 17 percent unemployment rate was the highest August rate ever, AGC said Friday, following its analysis of federal employment data.
Continuing gridlock in Washington over infrastructure legislation and expiring tax rates threatens to keep construction workers unemployed much longer, AGC warned.
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