Jump in D.C. Jobless Blamed on Students
Unemployment in the District of Columbia rose substantially from May to June. The increase resulted primarily from the addition of students on summer vacation to the work force, city officials said yesterday.</br></br>Figures released by the D.C. Department of Employment Services showed that unemployment in the District for June was 7 percent, compared with 6.2 percent in May. But the 7 percent figure was lower than the 8.2 percent unemployment suffered by Washington residents in June. 1979.</br></br>Unemployment in the metropolitan area as a whole also increased, from 3.9 percent in May to 4.7 percent in June. In June, 1979, unemployment for</br></br>In a related announcement, the department said yesterday that registration now is open for an additional 1,300 jobs under the cityÛªs troubled summer employment program for youth.</br></br>The jobs, to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis by low-income youths from 16 to 21 years old, were made possible by a supplemental federal grant under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. The jobs program has been plagued by bureaucratic foulups and extensive delays in processing paychecks for the youths.