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Millions of capable workers are choosing not to participate in the labor force

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OAKLAND, Calif. - Where have all the workers gone? That is the perplexing question in much of the U.S. and especially here in the Golden State.

One expert who's been tracking California for four decades, also finds himself scratching his head."Most of us expected that workers would come back and that hasn't happened," said former EDD director and labor lawyer Michael Bernick.The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday reported that 4.3 million U.S.

workers quit their jobs in August. That is the highest number of out-and-out job quits since tracking started in 2001. This comes well after the state reopened the economy in mid-June, after federal unemployment benefits ran out in early September and Federal COBRA healthcare.

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