It will be no surprise to you that #inflation has hit the value of (real terms) incomes, in both the private & public sectors...

Certainly private sector #employees are suffering, but this is outstripped by the fall in #publicsector wages (in real terms)... this alongside greater remaining unionisation gives us the context for the #strike action(s), even if the reasons are wider than just pay

#SupportTheStrikes
#SupportOurNurses
#SupportourTeachers

Part of the #Lexiters case for #Brexit was it would 'encourage' more training & higher wages for #workers once the supply of 'cheap migrant' labour was lessened;

the conditions they expected (labour shortages) have certainly come to pass, but currently while some private firms have responded by raising #wages, increased training seems to remain a promise & pubic sector #employees are suffering declines in real wages

Lexiters will no doubt say their time will come!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/17/shortfall-of-330000-workers-in-uk-due-to-brexit-say-thinktanks

Ontario government, education workers avoid strike with tentative deal

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says it has reached a tentative deal with the Ontario government to avert a strike after labour negotiations over the ...

#Brampton #Gta #Mississauga #Oakville #Scarborough #Toronto #Canadian #deal #Employees #Ontario #Public #reached #says #tentative #Union #with

Gillian Tett @financialtimes makes the VG point that behind #employees desire to engineer a #hybrid working week (balancing office & #workingfromhome) lies the normalisation of customisation in consumer goods; now #workers want to customise their work.
Looks like C21st consumer #capitalism is having an unintended consequence!

#Amazon Is Said to Plan to #LayOff Thousands of #Employees.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/amazon-layoffs.html