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American manufacturing jobs peaked in 1979, and no president other than Clinton has presided over gains in factory jobs since then. So when Trump promised to bring back factory jobs, it was a tall order. In Trump’s first three years, the manufacturing sector did add some jobs, but in 2020, the pandemic ruined what little progress those workers had enjoyed. As of September, the sector was down 164,000 jobs, or 1.3% from when Trump took office.... Source: CNN
Up until 2020, President Trump’s first term was characterized by solid job growth, but then the pandemic wiped out about 15% of American jobs in just two months. Since May, the economy has recovered only about half those jobs, and Trump is heading into the election with the worst job losses on record under any president. In contrast, at this point in Obama’s presidency, the job market was up 0.4%. He took office at a time when employers were cutting hundreds of thousands of jobs a month. Hiri
Job Growth/Loss in U.S. Recessions (3-month average) - top and bottom quartile by weekly earnings Source: Washington Post

Work: Job Gains and Losses

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"Labor Shortage? Hire those felons that have been systemically kept from getting a good job because of their backgrounds!" ~ Natasha Law
There isn't a "teacher shortage." There's a "master's-level professionals who will work for $35,000 shortage." ~ @AtDisneyAgain
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics / Economic Policy Institute

Work: Employment & Labor Force Participation

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One of the biggest myths is that billionaires are job creators. 1999: 50 billionaires, 4.3% unemployment rate 2019: 607 billionaires, 3.7% unemployment Now: 719 billionaires, 6.1% unemployment In the pandemic, billionaire wealth grew 55% while the number of jobs dropped 5% ~ @DanPriceSeattle
60 mil claimed unemployment, used up savings, & asked for help. 10 mil face eviction; 8 mil fell into poverty. But 600+ US billionaires got richer by $1 trillion. Capitalists buy governments to keep this system, pandemic or not. ~ @profwolff
Unemployment rates of workers ages 16 and older, by race and ethnicity, January 2020-June 2021 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey

Work: Unemployment

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Averages of minutes per day from time-use diaries for people between 15 and 64 (surveys conducted between 2009 and 2016) On average, Italians work approximately half as long as Chinese people each day, but Chinese people are getting about 30 minutes more sleep.Source: OECD Time Use Database
"It's tough to make a living when all we do is work." Photo credit: Patrice Sharon Jackson
Never forget that CEOs who brag about how many hours they work come home to personal chefs, maids, drivers, and landscapers. Housework is work. They don't count it for you, and they don't do it themselves. ~ @existentialcomics

Work: Hours Worked

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Why don't workers get the full benefit of rising productivity? No one has good answers bloom.bg/2ikTOlR "So why didn’t wages rise as much as they should have?...[The most important reason] was the increase in wage inequality, which limited gains in the median worker’s pay since the mid-1970s even as average pay continued to climb amid pay increases at the top." Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The Gap between Productivity and Wages [click on this image to find a short video and incisive analysis about the problem with the economy, including the stall of hourly compensation]

Work: Productivity

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Vulnerable = jobs within each industry that pay less than the median wage and do not provide employer-sponsored health care--Source: Brookings Institute
Source: New York Times

Work: Leave Benefits

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The Deadliest Jobs in America,2013. Police officers experience fewer fatal injuries on the job than taxi drivers Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Percentage and absolute number of children in child labour and hazardous work, 5-17 years age range, 2000 to 2016 Source: International Labor Organization

Work: Hazardous Work

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