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Another alternative: Economy have never recovered for the Main Street since 2008 crash and all these news about labour shortage is just to manufacture consent

Another alternative: Economy have never recovered for the Main Street since 2008 crash and all these news about labour shortage is just to manufacture consent to suppress wages even further.

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bryanrasmussen 5y ago
why and how would news about a labor shortage manufacture consent to suppress wages?
- Avshalom 5y ago
  https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/577754-wisconsin-moves-to-let-14-year-olds-work-till-11-pm https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture... https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045463623/high-schoolers-are-training-to-drive-18-wheelers-amid-a-shortage-of-truck-driver https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045463623/high-schoolers-are... or "classic" moves like https://www.epi.org/blog/new-data-infosys-tata-abuse-h-1b-program/ https://www.epi.org/blog/new-data-infosys-tata-abuse-h-1b-pr... Basically "we can't hire anyone, so the government should get rid of regulations" this is why there has been like a 40 year nursing 'shortage'
  - WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
    Noting here that employee shortages tightly follow affordable housing shortages. In FL are tons of nursing jobs but prospective employees would have nowhere to live (housing sharply up and no availability). You can't hire people if it's impossible to live where your jobs are. This is absolutely where we are today.
- MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
  "labor shortage" -> "immigration is needed" -> law of supply & demand kicks in, leading to lower wages Remember that a "labor shortage" is always just a shortage at the current price.
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- Mikeb85 5y ago
  An example from Canada is the LMO visa. Employers can essentially sponsor a foreign worker, but only IF they first post a job ad and prove to the government that a Canadian worker can't do it. It's pretty easy to imagine what those job ads look like (a million prerequisites and minimum wage). And subsequently the foreign workers are heavily taken advantage of since they can't switch jobs on that particular visa. Edit - I should add that immigrants put up with it anyway as it gives a path to permanent resident status. The whole visa program erodes the bargaining power of Canadian workers and explains why there's so many jobs advertisements on Canadian job boards with absurdly low pay for the requirements; for example programming jobs that pay $17/hour.
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supernovae 5y ago
Symptoms of Trump Tariffs and Trump trade "Deals"

Another alternative: Economy have never recovered for the Main Street since 2008 crash and all these news about labour shortage is just to manufacture consent to suppress wages even further.

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bryanrasmussen 5y ago

why and how would news about a labor shortage manufacture consent to suppress wages?

Avshalom 5y ago
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/577754-wisconsin-moves-to-let-14-year-olds-work-till-11-pm https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture... https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045463623/high-schoolers-are-training-to-drive-18-wheelers-amid-a-shortage-of-truck-driver https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045463623/high-schoolers-are... or "classic" moves like https://www.epi.org/blog/new-data-infosys-tata-abuse-h-1b-program/ https://www.epi.org/blog/new-data-infosys-tata-abuse-h-1b-pr... Basically "we can't hire anyone, so the government should get rid of regulations" this is why there has been like a 40 year nursing 'shortage'
- WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
  Noting here that employee shortages tightly follow affordable housing shortages. In FL are tons of nursing jobs but prospective employees would have nowhere to live (housing sharply up and no availability). You can't hire people if it's impossible to live where your jobs are. This is absolutely where we are today.
MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
"labor shortage" -> "immigration is needed" -> law of supply & demand kicks in, leading to lower wages Remember that a "labor shortage" is always just a shortage at the current price.
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Mikeb85 5y ago
An example from Canada is the LMO visa. Employers can essentially sponsor a foreign worker, but only IF they first post a job ad and prove to the government that a Canadian worker can't do it. It's pretty easy to imagine what those job ads look like (a million prerequisites and minimum wage). And subsequently the foreign workers are heavily taken advantage of since they can't switch jobs on that particular visa. Edit - I should add that immigrants put up with it anyway as it gives a path to permanent resident status. The whole visa program erodes the bargaining power of Canadian workers and explains why there's so many jobs advertisements on Canadian job boards with absurdly low pay for the requirements; for example programming jobs that pay $17/hour.

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supernovae 5y ago

Symptoms of Trump Tariffs and Trump trade "Deals"