A Local Newspaper Editorial: On Labor Day 2010 The living’s not easy

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Seldom has a Labor Day looked bleaker for U.S. workers. Then again, at least those Americans still have jobs.

Woeful numbers cast a heavy shadow on this national holiday. Nearly 15 million job-seeking Americans are counted in the 9.6 percent unemployment rate -- and another two million have given up on finding work for now.

Here in South Carolina the situation is even worse, with official unemployment at 10.8 percent.

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Filed under: * Economics, PoliticsEconomyLabor/Labor Unions/Labor Market* South Carolina

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