40,000+ striking auto workers went back to work.
Yep... however
266,000 actual
187,000 expected
delta +79,000
... if I'm not mistaken the return of GM workers was already baked into expectations.
Higher employment & wages than expected, ho-ho-ho Merr
ier Christmas.
No idea on who/what was "baked in".
But expected or not those jobs were not "created".
Ummm..yes they are "created" in terms of this report
First they were "destroyed" when the workers went on strike (counted in the NEGATIVE column on the jobs report)
Then they were "created" when the workers returned to work
That's why they're counted in the PLUS column on this report.
So once again, the report is BETTER THAN EXPECTED which a reason to smile not to sit around looking for a petty partisan reasons to ***** & whine.