There were a near record 11.3 million job openings on the last day of February, government data showed on Tuesday, which left the jobs-workers gap at 3.0% of the labor force and close to the post-war high of 3.2% in December. The labor pool is expected to have continued to gradually increase in March.
Lower unemployment numbers means workers can demand higher wages and turn down poor working conditions. Contrary to your conservative, retired uncle who claims “nobody wants to work,” people are actually coming out to work in large numbers. It's just that they don't have to submit themselves to poor wages as often.