The US Department of Labor measures wages, and adjusted for inflation the hourly wage is below what it was in 1973. It is even lower if you are only counting non-management roles then and now. Wages have not gotten better over the past half century they have gotten worse.
Workers now work more hours pee year to try to catch up to what they made back then, so working conditions are worse now as well.
Workers now work more hours pee year to try to catch up to what they made back then, so working conditions are worse now as well.