Productivity Gains and Wages increases

[erpowers]

Should there be a law in America that a certain percentage of productivity gains have to go to wage increases? I read a statistic that showed from 1993 to 2002 manufacturing productivity rose 57 percent, but wages only rose 6 percent. In addition, it has been stated on numerous occasions that wage increases have not kept up with productivity increases.

[MotherPetrie]

1. Works for me.

[TheMastersNemesis]

2. Don't Hold Your Breath

[leftstreet]

3. Blasphemy!

DURec

[byeya]

4. When the private sector was approx 30% organized, productivity gains, in part, went to

the workers. No unions, no productivity gains. It's a disgrace.