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By Doug Cunningham

Unemployment in the U.S. has hit 9.4 percent. That means 14.5 million workers are without jobs so far in this Great Recession. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says the May jobs loss report showing 345,000 more jobs gone is a moderation in the massive monthly jobs loss we’ve seen during the recession. But he says it’s small comfort to the millions of workers without jobs who are desperate to see hundreds of thousands of jobs per month created rather than destroyed. The AFL-CIO is urging the Obama administration to remain focused on economic stimulation. The labor federation has created the largest online resource for unemployed workers. You can find it at unemploymentlifeline.com