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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by beat on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @10:46AM (#17247546)
If your argument were true, we'd see increased unemployment. But employment is near effective maximum, and has been for most of the post-1980 period where wages have stagnated relative to productivity.

Try again, this time taking observed facts into account.

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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by jhoechtl on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:12PM (#17248320)
Employment is a rather weak term. The fact that you are working 10 hours a week makes you employed but doesn't say a word about the quality of the job (uber driver?) or if you can support / nourish a family
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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by beat on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:34PM (#17248568)
I'm not talking about the quality of the job. I'm talking about the idea that sending jobs overseas + illegal immigration explains the current situation. It does not.
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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by ManFromUranus on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @05:32PM (#17251286)
No, not necessarily. We would see wage depression as supply of applicants depresses wages because the demand remains relatively constant. Which might explain why wages stagnated but productivity simultaneously went up.
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