Re:IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023
by pi-e-sigma on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @05:47PM
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Only Sunday was off thanks to Christianity. Free Saturday only came in early XX century. Before that it was work 6 days a week.
Besides, let's say youre right and unions have given us all those things. Those standards are over 100 years old. If it were true, it would mean nationwide unions did some things 5 generations ago and have collected literal trillions in inflation adjusted dues* since and have provided nothing in return.
* 11% of the US is unionized, representing about 1.1 trillion in annual payroll. Average union due is 1.5%, that's $16.5B per year in union dues collected, over 100 years = $1.6 trillion. But union membership used to be much much higher than 11% so its actually a much bigger number than $1.6T. But you get the math.