John Hill just thought I would take another go at this. First of all in the man bites dog category. Why do you accept a statement from an employer that essentially says " my workers are lazy and overpaid". With no followup? Like where do they get the productivity data. Why print an opinion without another opinion. Like the Carpenters Union? Which actually has a much better research department than the builders. OK you write an article, " opinions about the shape of the earth differ". Then you only quote flat earth society. You, are proud to be an investigative reporter. Why not investigate? The interesting point about productivity is in the real world it doesn't change much. Yet your chart has fairly abrupt cost index changes. What possible argument can you make that those are tied to productivity? You can easily tie them to demand. Looking forward to your next article.