UnionAdvocate

A contributing reason to why skilled labor trades are so understaffed is that companies no longer want to invest in labor. Companies simply do not want to spend the money on training. They have explained, foolishly, that it's a much better deal to find somebody already trained off the street, that way if they don't work out they "don't have a dime in them".

So now we have an undertrained labor pool created by companies who are the benefactors of this same training.

Genius.

#labor #union

Dec 29, 2022 at 5:32pmWeb
Show threadNot a doctorDec 30, 2022

@Advocate @josh

Also why we need to do a better job of #Funding #PublicSchools

It's not about your kids, It's about your #Workers. Giving #TaxBreaks to #Corporations to build new facilities will not bring #Jobs if #Local workers aren't #Trained to do them.

Show threadSophiaDec 31, 2022
@Advocate One of my favorite things about the company I work for is that they are very strong on internally training and promoting. They'd rather take someone with no relevant skills but the right personality traits and train them up the ranks rather than hire someone from outside. It's genuinely a fantastic model and I don't ever want to end up working for a company that's all external hires, like Amazon. Always soulless.
Show threadUnionAdvocateDec 31, 2022

@transliberalism

A company that trains and assists their employees demonstrates investment in human capital. This is an action of respect and good-will. And hey, the products are efficiency and competency (styled by the trainers) and cooperation and loyalty from their employees! Maybe we should start our own company of happy people.

Kudos to your employer for figuring some of this out rightly.

Show threadUnionAdvocateDec 31, 2022

@transliberalism

A company that trains and assists their employees demonstrates investment in human capital. This is an action of respect and good-will. And hey, the products are efficiency and competency (styled by the trainers) and cooperation and loyalty from their employees! Maybe we should start our own company of happy people.

Kudos to your employer for figuring some of this out rightly.

Show threadMushifootDec 31, 2022
@Advocate U of M has been pointing this issue out for years in its annual economic forecasts. The actuarial math given the age of the workforce and the paltry number of apprentices entering the pipeline was indisputable.