Workers rally at St. Louis Labor Day parade amidst economic gloom

Workers rally at St. Louis Labor Day parade amidst economic gloom

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The parade comes on the heels of a federal report showing employers overall added no new jobs in August. The unemployment rate remains at 9.1 percent. This summer's partisan debate over the debt ceiling and the first-ever downgrade in the United States credit rating has the public losing faith in the government's ability to right the ship, some paradegoers said Monday.

"People are frustrated because both parties are at loggerheads in getting things done," said Marvin Kropp, president of Teamsters Joint Council 13. "No one wants to put their best foot forward."

Thousands of union members and their families came downtown for the parade, with this year's theme being "We are one" — a message that Congress and the White House should also take to heart, said Cornelia Lockhart-Levels, a Rockwood School District teacher who marched with the Missouri National Education Association.

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