Comments on: Why EFCA? Why now? http://quichemoraine.com/2009/03/why-efca-why-now/ We don't need no stinking subtitle Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stephanie Zvan http://quichemoraine.com/2009/03/why-efca-why-now/#comment-219 Stephanie Zvan Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:49:00 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=526#comment-219 I was going more for the reasons created by the current economy, but that's a fair point about replacing skilled versus unskilled workers, AK. I was going more for the reasons created by the current economy, but that’s a fair point about replacing skilled versus unskilled workers, AK.

]]> By: AK http://quichemoraine.com/2009/03/why-efca-why-now/#comment-217 AK Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:45:56 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=526#comment-217 Some great points. I'd like to reiterate one point I made in response to your article at almostdiamonds, since you didn't include it here: due to technology (especially improved automation) a lot of those laid-off jobs that are skilled or semi-skilled aren't going to come back when the economy improves; instead there will be new jobs most of which will be unskilled (beyond running a bar-code scanner). Given how much easier it is to replace unskilled workers than skilled, union protection will be more important. Some great points.

I’d like to reiterate one point I made in response to your article at almostdiamonds, since you didn’t include it here: due to technology (especially improved automation) a lot of those laid-off jobs that are skilled or semi-skilled aren’t going to come back when the economy improves; instead there will be new jobs most of which will be unskilled (beyond running a bar-code scanner). Given how much easier it is to replace unskilled workers than skilled, union protection will be more important.

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