American workers' wages stagnant, even in a great economy: why?

[Amarok]

Yep, and yet the difference between Reps and Dems on taxing them is only 2.6%.

Which is still more and once again pretending the last 8 years conservative bitch about being overtaxed never happened

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Move to Venezuela. Their money's worthless and they're all pretty equally starving.

Yeah to bad that has nothing to do with kits comments or socialism

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It's interesting that the article OP quotes thinks the reason is the employees: “In a very tight labor market you would expect that workers would negotiate their wages to at least keep up with the cost of living, and the picture tells you that they’re not.”

Yet, everyone immediately jumped to government.

I have 20/18 yo daughters making $15/12 per hour at Chik fil A.

I get McD's breakfast on the way to work once or twice a week. The old woman usually at the drive-through once complained that she had been there 12 years and was only making $10.50. I told her about Chik fil A. Her response was simply that she was used to McD's and didn't feel like going looking around.

In my field (CPA) it's pretty common for people starting out to move every 2-4 years, getting a good pay bump each time, before settling down at a firm.

Maybe our high schools should be teaching some practical things like how to maintain optimum pay rate through negotiation/switching jobs.

Conservative la la land and maybe workers should not have bargain for a descent living wage be able to keep the job they have.Lets try that instead .