The gloves are off. This may be the year of the union revival. (Membership had been languishing at 6% of private employment in 2022.) As of 31 October, there were 354 strikes involving some 492000 employees. {That’s 8X the number for 2021and 4X those found in 2022.)
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I’ve written before about wages (here’s one example– or you could buy my book [paperback or Kindle] 🙂 ) and the purported claims that employers can’t find qualified employees. I’m not going to say that all the jobs offered are scooped up on the spot. After all, should an entrepreneur decide to build a new pharmaceutical plant in the middle of Kansas, I would not be surprised that s/he could not find a qualified Regulatory specialist within 25 miles. But, one could be found- and I’m sure someone could be willing to move to their location.
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