Yeah, see, that's a specific comparison that does point to things getting worse (and I don't disagree with that), but the article doesn't mention inflation once. I really don't like this 'well it doesn't matter whether the claims and logic are right so long as the vibes are', because if the issue is real-terms wages falling because inflation is high then that suggests a different origin and set of possible solutions than wages falling because their share of GDP is falling. In fact it's probably more important to not muddy a real issue with a bunch of reporting that doesn't accurately reflect what's going on.