Dozens of school employees across North Georgia will go on unemployment rolls as budgets squeeze education jobs this month.
Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said the widespread layoff in education is unprecedented in Georgia.
“It’s hard for us to get our minds wrapped around the fact that this is teachers,” he said Tuesday. “This is a first for the Georgia Department of Labor.”
Estimates are for 6,000 to 8,000 education jobs to go under the budget knife this year, he said. Whitfield County and Dalton officials estimate 75 or more jobs will be cut.
TO LEARN MOREFor more information, visit the Georgia Department of Labor website, www.dol.state.ga.us, or call 404-232-2685. Online claim-filing services for schools employees will be available beginning Friday morning.TRANSITION WORKSHOPSJune 4 and 5 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.:* Atlanta Marriott Century Center* Atlanta Airport Marriott* Chattahoochee Technical College, Marietta Campus* Macon State College* Hilton Garden Club, AlbanyJune 11 and 12 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.:* Chattahoochee Technical College, Paulding Campus* Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center, DaltonJune 19 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.:* Savannah Hyatt RegencySource: Georgia Department of Labor