Happy Labor Day 2012

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis delivers this Labor Day message 2012.  The Department of Labor has a Labor Day 2012 webpage, including information about the holiday’s history. For 2011 data about race and ethnicity in the U.S. labor force from the Department of Labor, click here.

Remember that immigrant workers are important to the U.S. economy.  This 2012 Brookings paper provides imporant factual nackground about immigrants in the workforce — factual background that is important as the nation considers reforming national immigration policy.

KJ