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2003-09-02 15:23:49 UTC
Stemming Job Losses
By David S. Broder
Sunday, August 31, 2003; Page B07
The economy is getting better, so the experts say.
But this is anything but a joyful Labor Day for the 9 million Americans
without jobs or for the businesses that once employed many of them. As the
union-backed Economic Policy Institute pointed out in a report last week,
"in terms of employment growth, the current recovery is the worst on record
since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking employment in 1939."
Instead of the job picture improving as economic
activity has accelerated, more than 1 million jobs have disappeared since
the recession officially ended. The reason is clear: The manufacturing
sector has hit the skids. The number of factory workers has declined every
month for three years. From July 2000 until last month, industrial jobs fell
from 17.3 million to 14.6 million -- a loss of almost one job in six. And
these were, for the most part, good
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By David S. Broder
Sunday, August 31, 2003; Page B07
The economy is getting better, so the experts say.
But this is anything but a joyful Labor Day for the 9 million Americans
without jobs or for the businesses that once employed many of them. As the
union-backed Economic Policy Institute pointed out in a report last week,
"in terms of employment growth, the current recovery is the worst on record
since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking employment in 1939."
Instead of the job picture improving as economic
activity has accelerated, more than 1 million jobs have disappeared since
the recession officially ended. The reason is clear: The manufacturing
sector has hit the skids. The number of factory workers has declined every
month for three years. From July 2000 until last month, industrial jobs fell
from 17.3 million to 14.6 million -- a loss of almost one job in six. And
these were, for the most part, good
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