Friday, September 4, 2009

U.S. unemployment at 9.7%

As we approach Labor Day, the government reports that the U.S. lost another 216,000 jobs in August, bringing the unemployment rate to a 26-year-high of 9.7 percent. There are now nearly 15 million Americans looking for work. The Obama recession continues.

Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on August Employment Numbers

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