Now that people are taking a lot more interest in the Workforce Participation Rate, I'm not sure they aren't fiddling those numbers as well. Nobody in their right mind pays any attention to the U-3 rate anymore. SGS has the right numbers
Here The seasonally adjusted WPR is Here
The unadjusted rate is Here
The 12 month adjusted graph shows the WPR increasing, while the unadjusted rate shows it decreasing in the last two months.