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Hastings layoffs hurt jobs report

Workers, employees and managers; blue-collar, white-collar and no collar are celebrating the long weekend without work, but a wave of local breadwinners are looking for jobs on this Labor Day weekend. The U.S. Department of Labor released its August employment report on Friday to muted applause. The economy added 151,000 jobs in August, which kept the unemployment rate at 4.9 percent — a rate economists view as full employment. Bars and restaurants added the largest number of jobs, 34,000, while the social assistance category added 22,000 employees. read more

 

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