return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWages aren't keeping up with inflation, with some jobs falling further behind than otherswww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down10
arrow-up1140arrow-down1videoWages aren't keeping up with inflation, with some jobs falling further behind than otherswww.cbsnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·1 month agoThis has been the norm for all my working years.
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoYep. Best raise I ever got was 5%. Only beat inflation by moving up the ladder or, better, moving companies.
minus-squaredhhyfddehhfyy4673@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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.