September 6, 1999
Web posted at: 8:56 p.m. EDT (0056 GMT)

(CNN) -- Labor Day is a holiday for the working person, a day when most can lay down their labors and enjoy the last long weekend of the summer.

Several new studies focus on different angles of the work force. One study finds Americans work the longest hours and have the highest production rate in the industrialized world.

But a more disturbing poll found many workers become so angered they have the urge to hit their co-workers. That's bad news for employers, since another poll found that co-workers are a big factor in whether an employee is satisfied with his job.

For information on the out-of-work to the overworked, from the job-seeker to the bargain hunter, check out these stories.

• Poll: Work hours, job satisfaction both up
• Low unemployment reason to celebrate
• Alexis Herman: What is Needed for the Workplace of the Future? (Transcript)

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