while worker protections had their use a century ago, they have increased cost of labour by a lot, making many low skilled workers unemployable Outsourcing wit

while worker protections had their use a century ago, they have increased cost of labour by a lot, making many low skilled workers unemployable Outsourcing with maybe a dash of mass immigration made them unemployable, not workers protections. Let's not pretend like this is some accidental outcome of well-meaning measures. This is the desired result of deliberately implemented policies.