return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWages aren't keeping up with inflation, with some jobs falling further behind than otherswww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1141arrow-down1videoWages aren't keeping up with inflation, with some jobs falling further behind than otherswww.cbsnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·4 days agoThis has been the norm for all my working years.
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 days agoYep. Best raise I ever got was 5%. Only beat inflation by moving up the ladder or, better, moving companies.
minus-squaredhhyfddehhfyy4673@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoMany, many decades worth of this, and yet people will still ardently defend inflationary monetary policy. Serious leopard face eating shit :/
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 days agoInflation is just a scape-goat. The issue is a lack of worker bargaining power.
This has been the norm for all my working years.
Yep. Best raise I ever got was 5%. Only beat inflation by moving up the ladder or, better, moving companies.
Many, many decades worth of this, and yet people will still ardently defend inflationary monetary policy. Serious leopard face eating shit :/
Inflation is just a scape-goat. The issue is a lack of worker bargaining power.