> Historically, they were better jobs due to a strong labor movement, but that movement has been largely destroyed.
There's something to be said that the labor movement was destroyed by eliminating the need for the labor. Bringing the labor back would see the labor movement return.
Not really sure how you come to the conclusion that I was under the notion that nobody is working. Union membership has been in decline for decades. Labor jobs have been leaving the country for decades. Bring back the labor jobs that the unions represent and the union membership will go back up as well. The labor jobs that still remain are what's left of the union membership.
> Bring back the labor jobs that the unions represent
Please research which are the largest unions in the US. I'm curious why union representation would work for labor jobs, but not for the millions of jobs* represented by unions now.
* These are all "labor jobs," because otherwise you're not talking about a job
Most people referring to "labor jobs" are manual labor and not some laborious butt in a chair behind a keyboard banging code all day. While there are unions for the tech industry, the entertainment industry, and other non-labor industries, labor is pretty well understood in its meaning even if you don't understand it.
You're missing a giant class of workers. Janitors, retail employees, warehouse employees, home health workers, physical therapists, etc. And jobs in retail, food prep, hospitality (certainly the folks who clean hotel rooms would be surprised to find out they are not engaged in "labor jobs".)
Might be an interesting exercise to consider why you consider those jobs as not being "labor jobs."
There's something to be said that the labor movement was destroyed by eliminating the need for the labor. Bringing the labor back would see the labor movement return.