Amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the nationwide unemployment rate is nearing double-digits. And don't expect it to get much better anytime soon: Fed Chairman Bernanke says although unemployment will peak this year, it will remain high through 2011. In our Labor Day special edition. Meet the people behind the numbers. NBR will talk with men and women who've lost their jobs about their daily struggles and tradeoffs and their hopes for the future. We'll also look at the chances of a "jobless recovery" and whether the employmentstatistics tell the real story about the number of people in need of a job.