Robert ReichJan 30, 2023
Instead of: no one wants to work anymore. Try: no one wants to be exploited anymore.
Show threadRobert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/15/there-is-no-us-labor-shortage-thats-a-myth?fbclid=IwAR1ZkR1Iq6m4Gs3d4IQQR1uLktJUvdHAATDtOMhvfaF_Cff2zKqiplXYvrI
There is no US labor shortage. That’s a myth

There is, however, a shortage of jobs paying sufficient wages to attract workers to fill job openings

The Guardian
Jan 30, 2023 at 9:30pmWeb
Show threadHomerHarlequinJan 30, 2023
@rbreich
Professor Reich nails it!
Show threadOran MagalJan 30, 2023
@rbreich It’s amazing what happens when employers offer better wages: suddenly the position is so easy to fill! But then, how will the CEO pay for that second yacht?
Show threadBritish Tech GuruJan 31, 2023
@rbreich I;ve been saying exactly that for a very long time. The argument about the junk jobs being starter jobs for school kids is null and void but often spouted.
Show threadWoozle HypertwinJan 31, 2023
@rbreich I did this today (inspired by a poverty-shaming bumper sticker I saw on a service truck; story here).
Show threadChopinsHeartJan 31, 2023

@rbreich

Yes, Jerome Powell says there’s a structural problem in the US? Yes, he made millions at the Carlyle Group. Yes, Gov’t employees in oversight positions leave and go into places like…. The Carlyle Group where they help corp. get around regulations. That used to be illegal and now… it’s overlooked.

I remember when ….. oh, never mind. In the car I just heard C-SPAN; congress and oil conversation. Oil using most of it’s billions of profits to buy back their own shares.

No, they are not doing clean energy research. But they did hire a Phd to represent them who made most congress people there want to just throw up. But a bucket is about as good as we can do these days for our own people.

Just disgusting.