Record Number of American Workers Quit Their Jobs, Signaling Labor Market Squeeze Posted byThe Epoch Times November 12, 2021 Leave a comment on Record Number of American Workers Quit Their Jobs, Signaling Labor Market Squeeze The Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released Nov. 12, showed that 4.4 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in September, a record high.