{"id":2978,"date":"2011-12-19T14:22:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T21:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2012-01-11T12:26:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T19:26:20","slug":"governor-otter-every-generation-deals-with-joblessness-and-we-live-through-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2011\/12\/19\/governor-otter-every-generation-deals-with-joblessness-and-we-live-through-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Otter: Every Generation Deals with Joblessness and We Live Through It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2982\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 243px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Governor Otter meeting with Boise State Public Radio &amp; StateImpact Idaho on Dec. 13, 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2011\/12\/OtterProfile_ERS.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2982\" title=\"OtterProfile_ERS\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2011\/12\/OtterProfile_ERS-300x369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2011\/12\/OtterProfile_ERS-300x369.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2011\/12\/OtterProfile_ERS-620x762.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Emilie Ritter Saunders \/ StateImpact Idaho<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Governor Otter meeting with Boise State Public Radio &amp; StateImpact Idaho on Dec. 13, 2011<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As we <a title=\"Idaho Jobless Numbers Rise Following Recession\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2011\/09\/27\/a-state-stuck-in-neutral\/\" target=\"_blank\">previously reported<\/a>, Idaho is one of a handful of states where the number of people without jobs has increased since the official end of the recession.\u00a0 The state&#8217;s seasonally adjusted <a title=\"Idaho\u2019s Jobless Rate Posts Largest One-Month Decline in 28\u00a0Years\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2011\/12\/16\/idahos-jobless-rate-posts-largest-one-month-decline-in-28-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">unemployment rate<\/a> has ticked down in recent months, but there are still at least 65,000 people out of work.\u00a0 Tens of thousands more don&#8217;t have enough work.<\/p>\n<p>We recently spoke with Governor C.L. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Otter about the state of Idaho&#8217;s economy, including unemployment.\u00a0 This interview was done before the most recent unemployment data<del><\/del> was released.\u00a0 So the numbers he mentions at the top are from October.\u00a0 Here are <a title=\"Idaho\u2019s Jobless Rate Posts Largest One-Month Decline in 28\u00a0Years\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2011\/12\/16\/idahos-jobless-rate-posts-largest-one-month-decline-in-28-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">November&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Otter believes many Idahoans who&#8217;ve been out of the workforce for one or two years lack the necessary skills to jump back into a job. Click play to watch the segment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rekTXpOBhO8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><!--more-->Governor Otter says the state is making strides in attracting new, job-creating businesses to the state.\u00a0 In particular, he touts the recent <a title=\"New York Yogurt Maker Bringing 400 Jobs to Twin Falls, Idaho\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2011\/11\/03\/new-york-yogurt-maker-bringing-400-jobs-to-twin-falls-idaho\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chobani<\/a> deal in Twin Falls, the <a href=\"http:\/\/magicvalley.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/southern-idaho-call-center-to-mark-grand-opening-tuesday-create\/article_76e5ba6a-f8c1-11e0-aec5-001cc4c002e0.html\" target=\"_blank\">new AllState call center<\/a> in Chubbuck and the <a href=\"http:\/\/commerce.idaho.gov\/news\/2011\/05\/c3-customercontactchannels-celebrates-one-year-anniversary-in-twin-falls-id.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">C3 expansion<\/a> in Twin Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Still, for each positive announcement, it seems there are negative ones.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2011\/11\/09\/simplot-will-cut-hundreds-of-jobs-by-opening-new-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simplot announced<\/a> it will shed a net 550 jobs over the next couple of years.\u00a0 And the <a title=\"Idaho Forest Group Buys Lewiston Sawmill\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2011\/10\/26\/idaho-forest-group-buys-lewiston-sawmill\/\" target=\"_blank\">recent sale<\/a> of Lewiston&#8217;s Clearwater Paper sawmill has displaced about 250 workers, although some have gotten their jobs back under the new owners.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Otter says periods of unemployment are something every generation has faced.\u00a0 &#8220;We live through it,&#8221; Otter says.\u00a0 &#8220;Raising a family with nine kids, my dad was an electrician.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t unusual for him to come home from six or eight months on a particular job, and when that job ended and until we find another job, we\u2019re just going to have to cut back.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to have to do as well as we can with what we\u2019ve got.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we previously reported, Idaho is one of a handful of states where the number of people without jobs has increased since the official end of the recession.\u00a0 The state&#8217;s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has ticked down in recent months, but there are still at least 65,000 people out of work.\u00a0 Tens of thousands more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":2982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[235,27,74],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2997,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/2997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}