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.