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Unions watch pay very closely and there are frequent disputes. Unions do an important job but they do love disputes and publicity.
The only disputes that I know of in recent times are by nurses and teachers due to Covid. Unions were big in the 1970's and went into decline. The resentment against wealthy land owners goes back to the days of convicts. The young simply don't join unions because they only stay in a job for six months. Then they are on to the next one. Onwards and upwards.
There is a big shortage of labour at the moment even for shop assistants or bar work so money is being thrown at them to get them to come to work.
We average 10 percent below the poverty line whereas the US is about 20 percent from the last figures I heard.