In the month that begins with a holiday created to honor organized labor, a predictable parade of research reports described the "plight" of American workers. Midmonth was punctuated with government data showing that rising joblessness has reached a four-year peak at 4.9 percent unemployment. Laced through all these reports is hand-wringing about high-tech and e-business workplaces and their effect on the labor situation.
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