re: U.S. Ranks Alongside Indonesia And Thailand On Workers’ Rights

Of the prominent yellow shaded countries (ranked as a "1" on the scale), here are their unemployment rates:

South Africa - 25%
Italy - 13%
France - 11%
Germany - 7%

France and Germany are also, ahem, "suffering" from some of the same labor statistical chicanery that we have here, as France just recorded its highest ever number of unemployed citizens.

Their economies have generally been turds since the recession and have floated around 0% growth for the last six years...yet we should follow their lead on labor rights.