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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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They expanded the definition 5-10 years ago at various times, which resulted in a lower reported rate.
You have a cite for that?
According to this it hasn’t changed since 1945 when it was defined.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/03/07/employment-vs-unemployment-different-stories-from-the-jobs-numbers/#:~:text=Since%201945%2C%20the%20official%20definition,in%20the%20past%20four%20weeks.