A decade ago, the Labor Day forecast for the local economy wasn’t nearly as sunny as the weather.It was a bleak few years during the Great Recession. Our editorials on the first Sunday in September over the years told the story with headlines such as “Laboring to find work” and “Many workers still laboring to scrape by.” The housing bubble bust torpedoed construction plans, leaving subdivisions as vacant fields of foundations and weeds. Jobs faded and unemployment claims rose.
Editorial: It's a rebounding job market this Labor Day, at least for some
Is economy surging or are workers struggling? It depends on where you look
