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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Nov 12, 2021, 06:08 PM Nov 2021

U.S. Strikes Show Workers Are 'Fed Up,' Labor Leader Says

(Bloomberg) -- The growing number of labor strikes by workers across the U.S. from nurses to Deere & Co. staff shows that employees are “fed up”, according to the president of the largest U.S. trade-union federation.

“We’re seeing workers fed up all over this country,” Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Balance of Power” with David Westin Friday. “The sacrifices they’ve made aren’t being recognized and appreciated.”

Shuler spoke following Labor Department data showing a record 4.4 million people quit their job in September while openings for positions remain elevated. Meanwhile, payrolls remain about 4 million short of the pre-pandemic level, showing that many Americans are remaining on the sidelines of the labor market or have left for good.

That’s created a problem for companies, many of which can’t find enough workers or have to pay up for those roles. Schuler said it isn’t a lack of jobs that’s the problem, but a lack of quality positions.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-strikes-show-workers-are-fed-up-labor-leader-says/ar-AAQDMv5

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U.S. Strikes Show Workers Are 'Fed Up,' Labor Leader Says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP
Good ole law of Supply and Demand. multigraincracker Nov 2021 #1
And for the first time MOMFUDSKI Nov 2021 #2
Agree 100% BigmanPigman Nov 2021 #3
 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
2. And for the first time
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 07:37 PM
Nov 2021

since Raygun broke the unions the people have power regarding wages/bennies/treatment. Loving it. And they didn't even have any leadership but for social networking. THAT has to be the scariest thing of all for the powerful.

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