It was originally set on May 1, but when those on the left started celebrating the same day, we 100 percent Americans had to change. Still, Labor Day serves as one of those natural summing-up points. Well, good and bad depending upon your viewpoint. Bad if you're talking about union labor, which is weak and getting weaker except among government workers. Very good indeed if you mean how things are going for most of us.
Unemployment is below what the economists thought was possible.
Productivity is rising faster than it has for decades. The pie is getting bigger, and there's more to share. And lots of people like their jobs. More than 1,300 people were asked questions about their work. The survey, conducted last month, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.