Wage gains driven by workers who have quit in “The Great Resignation” could be short-lived unless accompanied by legislation addressing structural inequalities.
from the Labor Department, 4.3 million people ditched their gigs in August, 4.4 million in September and 4.2 million in October. These are by far the highest rates seen since the Department started tracking such information two decades ago. The majority of these departures have been initiated by low-wage workers in the service sector.
“It is likely that severe labor shortages will continue through 2022. During that time, overall wage growth is likely to remain well above four percent,” Gad Levanon, vice president for labor markets at the Conference Board, concludes. “Wages for new hires and workers in blue-collar and manual services jobs will grow faster than average.”
If we don’t organize and either get living-wage laws passed, or minimum wage drastically increased, [all] of these gains, especially adjusted for inflation, are just going to be lost.” This sentiment was echoed by Jerry Carbo, professor of labor relations and business and society at Shippensburg University and president of the National Workplace Bullying Coalition. “I would turn to a really traditional labor analysis.… When labor is scarce, you have power,” he told“You can make yourself scarce, and we see that with The Great Resignation. We have that potential leverage, but if we don’t organize it, it’s all going to be lost.
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