Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on August Employment Numbers

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2012.  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the August 2012 Employment Situation report released today:

“Our nation’s labor market added 96,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August, while the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent.

“When President Obama came into office, the economy was in a free fall, credit markets were frozen, and our nation was bleeding hundreds of thousands of jobs a month. We’ve now added back 4.6…