![]() ![]() I believe that the reluctance of workers to return to or remain in their old jobs is mostly because they’re fed up. It can’t be the reason for the general strike. But lack of affordable childcare has been a problem for decades. With most adults now vaccinated, rates of hospitalizations and deaths are way down.Ĭhildcare is a problem for many workers, to be sure. Renewed fears of the Delta variant of COVID may play some role. Reminder: The extra benefits ran out on Labor Day. This general strike has nothing to do with the Republican bogeyman of extra unemployment benefits supposedly discouraging people from working. But employers are finding it hard to fill positions. But in its own disorganized way it’s related to the organized strikes breaking out across the land – Hollywood TV and film crews, John Deere workers, Alabama coal miners, Nabisco workers, Kellogg workers, nurses in California, healthcare workers in Buffalo.ĭisorganized or organized, American workers now have bargaining leverage to do better.Īfter a year and a half of the pandemic, consumers have pent-up demand for all sorts of goods and services. What’s happening? You might say American workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions. Over the past year, job openings have increased 62 percent. Participation for people in their prime working years, defined as 25 to 54 years old, is also down. The share of people working or actively looking for work (the labor force participation rate) has dropped to 61.6 percent. That comes to about 2.9 percent of the workforce – up from the previous record set in April, of about 4 million people quitting.Īll told, about 4 million American workers have been leaving their jobs every month since last spring.Īdd this to last Friday’s jobs report showing the number of job openings at a record high. On Tuesday, the Labor Department reported that some 4.3 million people had quit their jobs in August.
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