heavyladder63@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThere's a steep decline in pay compared to the value workers add to the economy, closely tracking the fall in union membership.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1689arrow-down1imageThere's a steep decline in pay compared to the value workers add to the economy, closely tracking the fall in union membership.lemmy.worldheavyladder63@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEllE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down2·1 year agoWhat the actual F? How is such a small % in a union? In my country 94% of employed 25-54 year olds are in a union. I have literally never met anyone (aside from self-employed people) who told me or indicated to me that they weren’t in a union.
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat op should do it take a country like yours and put it on the same graph. If average wage goes down for your country too then it’s highly likely not to be a union factor and instead something else. https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations It’s more likely WW2 effects, immigration and increasing competitiveness of the world.
What the actual F? How is such a small % in a union? In my country 94% of employed 25-54 year olds are in a union.
I have literally never met anyone (aside from self-employed people) who told me or indicated to me that they weren’t in a union.
40 years of propaganda
What op should do it take a country like yours and put it on the same graph. If average wage goes down for your country too then it’s highly likely not to be a union factor and instead something else.
https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
It’s more likely WW2 effects, immigration and increasing competitiveness of the world.