Bush to Mark Labor Day With Union Workers By DEB RIECHMANN / Guardian
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation celebrates Labor Day this year with an estimated 9 million Americans on the unemployment rolls - 700,000 more than on this holiday last year, when President Bush went to a union workers picnic and said he was encouraged about job growth, but "not satisfied.''
This year, the president is marking Labor Day in Richfield, Ohio, where he will address members of the International Union of Operating Engineers and their families. Later in the week, Bush is to give economic speeches in Kansas City, Mo., and Indianapolis. "