Actually, the U.S. labor market remains very strong

Strong but we are all broke…

A problem with the "labor market" is that it doesn't exist. They're simply measuring how many people are being used (aka un/employed). This is a measure of misery not something that we should target.

And the rise of "real wages" doesn't really mean much if the inflation numbers are cooked (they are) and especially if people are still earning far less than a living wage.

We need meaningful metrics that represent progress for labor: % earning living wage, average vacation days, length of work week (4-days or less preferably), occupational safety, time wasted commuting, etc. These metrics might actually mean something.