Labor Department praises workers, cites economy in Labor Day statement
The U.S. Department of Labor marked Labor Day with a statement praising American workers and citing administration labor and economic indicators.
The U.S. Department of Labor marked Labor Day with a Sept. 7 statement celebrating American workers and citing labor and economic indicators it said show strength in the U.S. economy.
In the statement, the department said more Americans are working than at any point in U.S. history, unemployment remains below the historic average, the economy has added more than 1 million private-sector jobs since President Trump took office, 401(k)s have reached record highs and manufacturing has expanded for eight straight months.
The release also described American workers as central to the nation's history of building cities, cultivating land, powering factories, forging steel, laying railroads and pioneering new technologies. It said President Trump has secured trillions of dollars in new investments and that the Labor Department is expanding apprenticeships and skills-based training.
Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling was quoted in the release, which appeared in the department's news releases feed. The item was titled, “This Labor Day, the US Department of Labor celebrates 250 years of the American worker, our nation’s greatest asset.”
The statement did not provide additional detail beyond those claims and themes, and the material reviewed for this report did not include a fuller transcript or supporting tables.
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