""The numbers look bad and they've looked bad for a while. They also look like they're getting worse.""
""They start picking fights with their employers, they go on strike, they form unions, they vote for socialist politicians.""
""Those jobs have kind of been quietly disappearing for several years now. Really, the last 15, 20 years have not been great for recent college grads.""
""When two of three Starbucks stores in Buffalo, N.Y., began unionizing in 2021, it marked the start of an unprecedented wave of unionization among college-educated workers.""
In 2026, recent college graduates experience higher unemployment and underemployment rates than the national average. The underemployment rate stands at 42.5%, the highest since 2020. Frustrated graduates are becoming radicalized, leading to strikes and union formations. The job market has been challenging for years, worsened by the pandemic and economic uncertainties. Young people are increasingly upset about their financial burdens and job prospects, prompting them to support socialist politicians and engage in labor movements, exemplified by the rise of unionization among college-educated workers.
Read at 24/7 Wall St.
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