Shortage of Skilled Trade Workers

[Mittelwaechter]

There is a shortage of workers who work for 50% of the regular wage. That's the only problem.
It shall commonly be solved with the imigration of foreign workers, who are used to get only 15% of the regular wage at home.

More and more automatization frees more and more workers. They are a fantastic stock to frighten those with a job. We are encouraged to work harder to make our own jobs obsolete.

Globalization puts our workers in direct competition with the Chinese worker traveling from job to job - even abroad - for a few cents the hour.
This ensures the overproportional gain of wealth for a few and the suffer for thousands.

It's called capitalism - our western religion. It's about the accumulation of money for a few - not the accumulation of wealth for the people.

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter

There is a shortage of workers who work for 50% of the regular wage.

So I offered someone work today in exchange for reducing their bill. She showed up with four kids and her husband. I payed the adults two hours each in trade toward her bill. The work I would have done myself in four hours almost got done. My screwdriver is missing. They tossed their food wrappers on my property and left a dirty diaper in my grass. I think that just about sums up the average american employee nowadays.