Wages are rising faster than prices and the labor market remains tight. That's exactly why the bosses and billionaires are so desperate to convince you the economy is weak or in recession, so they can take enough power to reverse this trend and put the boot back on the neck of the workers.

ASaaronsojourner.orgOct 10, 2024 9:41pm

Median within-worker wage growth ticked up to 4.7%, per Atlanta Fed's Wage Growth Tracker. That's faster wage growth than anytime Mar 2001 thru Dec 2021. A typical American worker can buy 2.1% more now than a year ago. Consumer prices rose 2.6% over same period. #️⃣#️⃣ https://buff.ly/3A2IHJB

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Grocery prices are high mostly due to corporate fuckery, as a result European supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl are doing massive expansion in the US because their model of cheap, no brands, no frills totally eviscerates the monopoly of the American regional grocer cartels.