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You were the one who didn’t fully read the article, not me. Here is the key quote:</p>
<p>“the fact the construction industry’s unemployment rate continued to be more than twice the overall rate had much more to do with economic conditions than the weather.”</p>
<p>Besides, when the article stated that “the industry has lost 130,000 jobs over the past 12 months even as total private sector employment has increased by nearly 1.3 million”, the comparison was done over a 12 month period. This minimizes the effects of the weather.</p>