Labor leaders feel that the working class has little to celebrate this Labor Day. The president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., John Sweeney, complained that with the unemployment rate at 6.2%, too many people were out of work. Labor leaders have also criticized the Bush administration for allowing jobs to go overseas and for their revisions of the overtime pay rules.
See "Union Leaders not optimistic about economy this Labor Day", USA Today, August 28, 2003