Dan Stein on whether Donald Trump will nominate Eugene Scalia for
DoL.GOV and whether Mitch McConnell will consent: <URL:
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/01/31/who-us-labor-secretary-marty-walsh-working>
| As of last year, 29.6 million immigrants (legal and illegal) were
| working in the United States -- 1.9 million more than before the
| COVID pandemic. While labor participation rates among Americans have
| declined, Walsh does not acknowledge the two key drivers: low wages
| and poor benefits.
|
| Instead, the secretary warns of a "catastrophe" if Washington
| doesn't get a "bipartisan fix" for even more immigration. Yet
| increased importation of low-paid foreign workers merely quickens a
| vicious cycle.
|
| Tech companies - one of Walsh's allegedly hard-pressed sectors --
| apparently didn't get the memo about a pervasive labor shortage.
| More tech employees were laid off this month than in any month since
| COVID hit.
Will any of Trump-endorsed member's of McConnell caucus ask Walsh's
successor if law of supply and demand applies to labor markets?
John
groenveld@acm.org
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policymaking was plagued by bad personnel, including Chad Wolf.
Before he served as the acting secretary of Homeland Security, Wolf
worked as an immigration lobbyist for a trade body of Indian
companies. 8/" - Pedro Gonzalez <URL:
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