Comments on: Collective bargaining bill re-emerges http://iowaindependent.com/13785/collective-bargaining-bill-re-emerges Iowa politics, news and commentary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: JoeySmythe http://iowaindependent.com/13785/collective-bargaining-bill-re-emerges/comment-page-1#comment-24941 JoeySmythe Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:37:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=13785#comment-24941 When you use the phrase "labor shortage" or "talent shortage" you're speaking in a sentence fragment. What you actually have to say is: "There is a labor shortage at the salary level I'm willing to pay." That statement is the correct phrase; the complete sentence, the intellectually honest statement. If you start raising your wages and improving working conditions, and continue to do so, eventually you'll have people lining up around the block to work for you even if you need to have huge piles of steaming manure hand-scooped on a blazing summer afternoon. <br><br>Re: Shortage due to retirees: With the majority of retirement accounts down about 50% or more, people entering retirement age are being forced to work well into their sunset years. So, you won’t be getting a worker shortage anytime soon due to retirees exiting the workforce. <br><br>Re worker shortages in technical professions: Let’s say your job requires technical training and/or certification: If you raise your wages and improve benefits, you’ll incentivize people to self-fund their own education so that they can enter the industry in a work-ready state. High tech, during the 1980’s and 1990’s was a prime example of this wave of self-funded education. Then Bill Gates, Larry Ellison et al started the “worker shortage” propaganda campaign and wages have been falling in tech ever since! When you use the phrase “labor shortage” or “talent shortage” you're speaking in a sentence fragment. What you actually have to say is: “There is a labor shortage at the salary level I'm willing to pay.” That statement is the correct phrase; the complete sentence, the intellectually honest statement. If you start raising your wages and improving working conditions, and continue to do so, eventually you'll have people lining up around the block to work for you even if you need to have huge piles of steaming manure hand-scooped on a blazing summer afternoon.

Re: Shortage due to retirees: With the majority of retirement accounts down about 50% or more, people entering retirement age are being forced to work well into their sunset years. So, you won’t be getting a worker shortage anytime soon due to retirees exiting the workforce.

Re worker shortages in technical professions: Let’s say your job requires technical training and/or certification: If you raise your wages and improve benefits, you’ll incentivize people to self-fund their own education so that they can enter the industry in a work-ready state. High tech, during the 1980’s and 1990’s was a prime example of this wave of self-funded education. Then Bill Gates, Larry Ellison et al started the “worker shortage” propaganda campaign and wages have been falling in tech ever since!

]]> By: JoeySmythe http://iowaindependent.com/13785/collective-bargaining-bill-re-emerges/comment-page-1#comment-20282 JoeySmythe Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:37:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=13785#comment-20282 When you use the phrase "labor shortage" or "talent shortage" you're speaking in a sentence fragment. What you actually have to say is: "There is a labor shortage at the salary level I'm willing to pay." That statement is the correct phrase; the complete sentence, the intellectually honest statement. If you start raising your wages and improving working conditions, and continue to do so, eventually you'll have people lining up around the block to work for you even if you need to have huge piles of steaming manure hand-scooped on a blazing summer afternoon. <br><br>Re: Shortage due to retirees: With the majority of retirement accounts down about 50% or more, people entering retirement age are being forced to work well into their sunset years. So, you won’t be getting a worker shortage anytime soon due to retirees exiting the workforce. <br><br>Re worker shortages in technical professions: Let’s say your job requires technical training and/or certification: If you raise your wages and improve benefits, you’ll incentivize people to self-fund their own education so that they can enter the industry in a work-ready state. High tech, during the 1980’s and 1990’s was a prime example of this wave of self-funded education. Then Bill Gates, Larry Ellison et al started the “worker shortage” propaganda campaign and wages have been falling in tech ever since! When you use the phrase “labor shortage” or “talent shortage” you're speaking in a sentence fragment. What you actually have to say is: “There is a labor shortage at the salary level I'm willing to pay.” That statement is the correct phrase; the complete sentence, the intellectually honest statement. If you start raising your wages and improving working conditions, and continue to do so, eventually you'll have people lining up around the block to work for you even if you need to have huge piles of steaming manure hand-scooped on a blazing summer afternoon.

Re: Shortage due to retirees: With the majority of retirement accounts down about 50% or more, people entering retirement age are being forced to work well into their sunset years. So, you won’t be getting a worker shortage anytime soon due to retirees exiting the workforce.

Re worker shortages in technical professions: Let’s say your job requires technical training and/or certification: If you raise your wages and improve benefits, you’ll incentivize people to self-fund their own education so that they can enter the industry in a work-ready state. High tech, during the 1980’s and 1990’s was a prime example of this wave of self-funded education. Then Bill Gates, Larry Ellison et al started the “worker shortage” propaganda campaign and wages have been falling in tech ever since!

]]> By: JoeySmythe http://iowaindependent.com/13785/collective-bargaining-bill-re-emerges/comment-page-1#comment-16339 JoeySmythe Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:37:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=13785#comment-16339 When you use the phrase "labor shortage" or "talent shortage" you're speaking in a sentence fragment. What you actually have to say is: "There is a labor shortage at the salary level I'm willing to pay." That statement is the correct phrase; the complete sentence, the intellectually honest statement. If you start raising your wages and improving working conditions, and continue to do so, eventually you'll have people lining up around the block to work for you even if you need to have huge piles of steaming manure hand-scooped on a blazing summer afternoon. <br><br>Re: Shortage due to retirees: With the majority of retirement accounts down about 50% or more, people entering retirement age are being forced to work well into their sunset years. So, you won’t be getting a worker shortage anytime soon due to retirees exiting the workforce. <br><br>Re worker shortages in technical professions: Let’s say your job requires technical training and/or certification: If you raise your wages and improve benefits, you’ll incentivize people to self-fund their own education so that they can enter the industry in a work-ready state. High tech, during the 1980’s and 1990’s was a prime example of this wave of self-funded education. Then Bill Gates, Larry Ellison et al started the “worker shortage” propaganda campaign and wages have been falling in tech ever since! When you use the phrase “labor shortage” or “talent shortage” you're speaking in a sentence fragment. What you actually have to say is: “There is a labor shortage at the salary level I'm willing to pay.” That statement is the correct phrase; the complete sentence, the intellectually honest statement. If you start raising your wages and improving working conditions, and continue to do so, eventually you'll have people lining up around the block to work for you even if you need to have huge piles of steaming manure hand-scooped on a blazing summer afternoon.

Re: Shortage due to retirees: With the majority of retirement accounts down about 50% or more, people entering retirement age are being forced to work well into their sunset years. So, you won’t be getting a worker shortage anytime soon due to retirees exiting the workforce.

Re worker shortages in technical professions: Let’s say your job requires technical training and/or certification: If you raise your wages and improve benefits, you’ll incentivize people to self-fund their own education so that they can enter the industry in a work-ready state. High tech, during the 1980’s and 1990’s was a prime example of this wave of self-funded education. Then Bill Gates, Larry Ellison et al started the “worker shortage” propaganda campaign and wages have been falling in tech ever since!

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