In a post-industrial society, are labour movements and government control of the economy needed as much?

With the decline of the industrial sector and the rise of the service sector, is socialism/labour important anymore?In a post-industrial society, are labour movements and government control of the economy needed as much?
Imo, yeah there needs to be a little bit.





Labor movements aren't what they used to be, there are a lot of laws addressing what was messed up back then (8 year olds working coal mines 12 hours a day, people losing limbs in a meat grinder with no worker's comp., etc.) but nowadays it's just about bailing out a high school grad who wants it all performing manual labor.





Unions have their place and do good things but it is kind of silly when the lower level laborers make more than mid-management, like in the case of GM. They're all right though, worker's should have the right to unite but if it doesn't pan out for them they have no standing to whine about it when their jobs get shipped out or people get laid off.





Bottom line.... everything in moderation.