>>annual real labor compensation saw
>>6% growth in the last year
>
> A measure that includes health care premiums and upper-bracket salaries.
> The average hourly wage is up 2.6% year-to-year, or down 1.1% in real
> terms.
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That's right, which is why the health care component which accounts for most
of the increase in labour costs is under such furious attack from the
employers in both the bankruptcy courts and at the bargaining table.