With unemployment the highest it has been in years, will people go out and shop on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year?

Who is taking the hardest hit in the recession? Young black men without a high school degree, according to The New York Times. (via Waxy)

An average of six unemployed people are competing for every job that is available in the U.S., according to a report by the Labor Department.

The bad news: more people lost their jobs in September than in August. The worse news: those who do have jobs are working less hours. (via Matthew Yglesias)

One of every four teenagers who is looking for a job can't find one. The teen jobless rate in August is at its highest rate since 1948.

Workers in low-paying jobs are more likely to be denied overtime pay and are usually paid below minimum wage, according to a survey of workers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

One more reason Rhode Island is on drugs. The Ocean State highest unemployment rate in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

The best and worst cities to look for a job.

How many minutes do people around the world have to work to earn the price of a Big Mac? For Mexicans, it's not a pretty picture. (via Boing Boing)

Americans are working more for less money, according to the U.S. Labor Department.