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This economy is for workers. i mean, you look at the quit rate. man, it's good and workers have more power now than they had at any time in this century. and i do think that our communications -- i think the white house communications have been bad. i'm very critical of people like myself that have access to shows like you that i haven't framed this work well and i blame cnn and "new york times" and everybody else. we have focused on -- all we talk about is presidential approval and inflation. we don't talk about wage growth. we don't talk about the power that workers have now. you know? it --...

Recently, what's called the "quit rate" in Kentucky raised a lot of eyebrows. It was the highest in the country in August at 4.5%. That means 84,000 Kentuckians left their job.

A paid sick leave shortage and a health care shortage. explain what you mean by that. >> workers are not simply deciding for no reason that they are not going back to work or they're going on strike or that the quit rate, which by the way, it has risen to record levels, people quitting their jobs. they're not doing this for no reason, they're doing it because the jobs don't pay enough, because they don't have hazard pay, they don't have sick leave, because they've gone through this pandemic, and many of them are simply, well, just worn out, i think a lot of workers have said to themselves, and...

Workers are leaving the restaurant industry in droves even after the end of extended unemployment benefits.

Think about their family, their safety and their employment. a record 4.3 million people quit in august. nearly 3% of the work force quit, the highest quit rate since the bureau of labor statistics began to report this statistic in late 2000. americans are looking for better pay, better working conditions and more flexible working arrangements. some are retiring early. some have elder care and child care responsibilities in this pandemic. leading the quitters, restaurant hotel employees. 8,000 workers quit, 71,000 employees in retail. state and local government education quit in the thousands....