{"id":31929,"date":"2023-11-03T17:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/personal-finance\/retirement\/jobs-report-reflects-impact-of-uaw-strike-and-real-wage-losses\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T17:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:40:02","slug":"jobs-report-reflects-impact-of-uaw-strike-and-real-wage-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=31929","title":{"rendered":"Jobs Report Reflects Impact Of UAW Strike And Real Wage Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was expecting the October jobs report to be dull and many other economists agreed. We were right: The numbers didn\u2019t change much.<\/p>\n

Unemployment is still at a historic low at 3.9%. Hourly wages are up as workers slowly get wage increases to make up for inflation. Last month (September 2023), real wages were down 5.8% since January 2021; by October 2023, real wage losses were only 5.4%. (With great relief, low-paid leisure and hospitality workers got solid real wage increases of 5.7% since January 2021.)<\/p>\n

Manufacturing employment was down a bit because the UAW strikes were counted on payroll.<\/p>\n

The softening in October should not distract from the reality that the labor market is hot. The unemployment rate is super low and rising worker power is resulting in wage increases that are finally catching up with inflation.<\/p>\n

Signs Of Worker Power Softening<\/h2>\n

The job leavers share of total unemployed, which complements the quits rate in the monthly Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (also known as JOLTS), is rising. The two trends in the two numbers indicate lower worker confidence.<\/p>\n

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The job leaver rate in September 2022 was very high (seasonally adjusted) at 15.8%. But one year later, in September 2023, it was much lower at 12.7%, and it fell again last month. The October 2023 share of the unemployed who were job walk-awayers <\/em>edged down <\/em>to <\/em>12.6% of the unemployed.<\/p>\n

And, the share of the unemployed who are on permanent layoff jumped from a low of 31.1% in October 2022 to 33.2% in September 2023. It has risen again to 34.4% in October 2023.<\/p>\n

The drop in the \u201ctake-this-job-and-shove-it\u201d numbers (quits and job-leaver rates) predict softening real wage hikes. The nifty graph below \u2014 you create these graphs yourself with the St. Louis Federal Reserve Economic Data tool \u2014 shows workers leave jobs at higher rates during economic expansions; and, consistent with common sense, quit less in recessions. When workers quit or threaten to quit, wages inch up.<\/p>\n

Signs Worker Power May Rise<\/h2>\n

The UAW stopped its strike against the Big Three American Automakers last week, and workers are expected to vote for it. Nonunion Tesla
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\n <\/fbs-ticker> and the foreign automakers must be standing up straight; the UAW demonstrated to its workers that unionization pays off. According to the Wall Street Journal<\/em>, the UAW contract raises wages and benefits to between $87 and $90 an hour, up from the mid-$60s now and much higher than at Tesla and Japanese and Korean nonunion automakers.<\/p>\n

The union also won some job guarantees and extra 401(k) contributions. It is painful that management had to wait six weeks to offer what it could afford and make up for inflation; the settlement was not that far off from what automakers were offering in September. Take a look at the blog that Kristin Dziczek of the Chicago Federal Reserve wrote on how much UAW workers gave up over the last 15 years.<\/p>\n

Though it is relieving that the six-week strike is over; strikes are such a waste, but necessary in our peculiar labor system that favors employers over workers. Inflation erodes wages and profits soar before workers can catch up. The UAW had to wait four years to make up for inflation and share profits. UPS management settled this summer without a strike \u2014 it seems GM, Ford, and Stellantis management are slower learners.<\/p>\n

The Near-Term Economy<\/h2>\n

Economists are walking back from their gloomy predictions of a coming recession. Still, new college graduates at the end of this semester might want to take job offers quickly. And if you don\u2019t like your boss, commute, or the return to the office \u2014 which still might happen \u2014 you may want to hesitate before quitting until you to snag a better job.<\/p>\n

I plan to go easy on my wallet this holiday (#homemadegifts2023). Economists don\u2019t expect a recession, but they don\u2019t expect rapid growth either.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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