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Originally Posted by Dondilion
Or they are frustrated with the purchasing power of their pay.
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Pay is down a bit.
"Real average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent, seasonally adjusted, from May 2022 to May 2023. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.9 percent in the average workweek resulted in a 0.7-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period." --BLS May 2023
It's not a new trend, of course. What you need now is polling data or something to confirm or deny your hypothesis that this affects people's attitudes in the directions suggested in this thread.