Workers

Robert Reich - Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% ... Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%. Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

Wall Street Journal - Companies are looking to stay lean into 2026 while relying on technology to take on more tasks. Forecasters at jobs site Indeed expect relatively minimal hiring growth, and some firms are already vowing to keep the size of their employee bases roughly flat. At a gathering of CEOs in Midtown Manhattan this month organized by the Yale School of Management, 66% of leaders surveyed said they planned to either fire workers or maintain the size of their existing teams next year. Only a third indicated they planned to hire