heavyladder63@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 11 months agoThere's a steep decline in pay compared to the value workers add to the economy, closely tracking the fall in union membership.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1809arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1784arrow-down1imageThere's a steep decline in pay compared to the value workers add to the economy, closely tracking the fall in union membership.lemmy.worldheavyladder63@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·11 months agoHow much of the great decoupling is just due to big tech and the investment landscape around it?
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoconsidering this started in the 70s… no.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoBig tech started before the 70s. IBM was founded in 1911. Hewlett-Packard in 1939. The 60s and 70s were when computers as a business tool (mainframes) really took off.
How much of the great decoupling is just due to big tech and the investment landscape around it?
considering this started in the 70s… no.
Big tech started before the 70s. IBM was founded in 1911. Hewlett-Packard in 1939. The 60s and 70s were when computers as a business tool (mainframes) really took off.