The 'Great Resignation' goes global

[DGUtley]

The 'Great Resignation' goes global


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In the United States, the phenomenon dubbed as the "Great Resignation" seems to be picking up speed. A record 4.3 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in August, according to new data from the Labor Department - a figure that expands to 20 million if measured back to April. Many of these resignations took place in the retail and hospitality sectors, with employees opting out of difficult, low-wage jobs. But the quitting spans a broad spectrum of the American workforce, as the toll of the pandemic - and the tortuous path to recovery - keeps fueling what Atlantic writer Derek Thompson has described as "a centrifugal moment in American economic history."

Wages are up and businesses face staffing shortages, while the experience of a sustained public health emergency has prompted myriad Americans to reevaluate their work options.

In social democratic Western Europe, a stronger safety net has led to somewhat less disruption in the workforce. But similar trends are at play: "Data collated by the OECD, which groups most of the advanced industrial democracies, shows that in its 38 member countries, about 20 million fewer people are in work than before the coronavirus struck," noted Politico Europe. "Of these, 14 million have exited the labor market and are classified as 'not working' and 'not looking for work.' Compared to 2019, 3 million more young people are not in employment, education or training."


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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...nation-global/

[stjames1_53]

Now, THIS is a real protest.............

[MMC]

Say what.....4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August? 20 million going back to April. According to the Labor Dept? Whatever ya do.....dont let Now What know this. As he was trying to figure out who exactly put that number out there.

[Abby08]

The, "get vaccinated or lose your job", will end up being replaced by, "get rid of the vaccine mandates or, have no one to run your businesses".

I'd love to see this backfire on the democrats......"bigly".....

[PJL]

The, "get vaccinated or lose your job", will end up being replaced by, "get rid of the vaccine mandates or, have no one to run your businesses".

I'd love to see this backfire on the democrats......"bigly".....

Certainly better than The Great Reset .

[Mechanic]

I do not understand what the big deal is. You had polio vaccine and smallpox and mumps so why the piss and moan now?

[Tahuyaman]

I do not understand what the big deal is. You had polio vaccine and smallpox and mumps so why the piss and moan now?

The smallpox and polio vaccines provided absolute protection against two horrible diseases. Those diseases posed a risk to the entire population.


These COVID inoculations may or may not give you a high degree of protection from a virus which poses a significant risk to possibly 1% of the population.

That’s. why.


I was never vaccinated for the mumps. I certainly don’t recall that being as dangerous as polio or smallpox. When I was little, mumps were common and a kid stayed out of school for a few days. I don’t recall any kid dying from the mumps.

[RMNIXON]

Why work when the Government makes it so easy not to work and invites the third world to take over the labor market driving wages down?

[The Booman]

I do not understand what the big deal is. You had polio vaccine and smallpox and mumps so why the piss and moan now?

Aside from the fact that they want to force us to get injected with something that has side effects because of a virus that has a 98 percent survival rate?

[Abby08]

I do not understand what the big deal is. You had polio vaccine and smallpox and mumps so why the piss and moan now?

Why do people, "piss and moan", about the people who choose not to get vaccinated?

You don't believe people have the right to choose whether or not they get injected with something they don't want?