PA unemployment rate steadily going up. Where are all those fracking jobs, Corbett?

[Divernan]

Why isn't there more focus on and reporting about the unemployment rate going up, up, up in PA since April of this year, despite all the talk about the new Marcellus Shale jobs being created. How is the unemployment rate going up each month while we supposedly have all these new jobs being created in the state? Why is PA's unemployment rate going up when the unemployment rate has held steady at the national level? Why is no one taking Corbett to task about that?

PA Unemployment rates:
May: 7.4%
June: 7.6%
July: 7.8%
August: 8.2%
September: 8.3%


http://thirdandstate.org/2011/october/losing-pa-advantage-unemployment-rate-climbs

“The number of jobs in Pennsylvania fell by 15,800 in September, over half of which was a 8,300 drop in government jobs. In another troubling indicator, the number of manufacturing jobs in the state fell for the first time in 10 months, a further sign that declines in public-sector employment are dragging down the private economy.

"Since May, the Pennsylvania unemployment rate has increased by nearly a percentage point, from 7.4 percent to 8.3 percent, while the U.S. unemployment rate has held steady at 9.1 percent. While the difference between the U.S. and state unemployment rates — the ‘Pennsylvania Advantage’ — fluctuates a lot on a month-to-month basis, this gap has been smaller than the current 0.8% in only one month since 2009.

"The September report demonstrates yet again that Pennsylvania and the nation need a jobs plan. Policymakers have been sitting on their hands for the past two years and Pennsylvania families are paying the price."