The AFL-CIO isn’t pleased with Friday’s jobs report, issuing a statement complaining, “The unemployment rate has finally dipped below 7 percent – more than four and a half years since the recession supposedly ended. But that fall was driven mostly by people dropping out of the labor force, not by healthy job creation.” The AFL-CIO is, of course, one of the most powerful Democrat constituent groups, so it’s no surprise that they blame Republicans, who they say “remain fixated on irrelevant and counter-productive austerity measures.” The way to get people working, according to Big Labor, is to extend benefits for those who aren’t working. Final note: The only thing declining faster than labor force participation is union membership.