The subhead on this NYT article this morning describes the situation of U.S. workers empowered: Economic Gains Hobbled as Labor Market Shrinks / Wielding Rare Leverage to Push Demands, Workers Are in no Hurry to Return, by Ben Casselman, NEW YORK TIMES, Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at A1, published online with the headline and subhead, The Economic Rebound Is Still Waiting for Workers / Despite school reopenings and the end of some federal aid, many people are in no rush to land a job. Savings and health concerns are playing a role.
. The pandemic has made many things clear. One of them is that the anti-union movement a/k/a "right to work" movement has spawned so much unhappiness on the job that employers cannot deal with it.
More to the point, their employees no longer feel the need to endure it.
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