• MEDIA: Chipmakers have plans for new US factories. But not enough worke

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 14 10:42:32 2023
    Yahoo!'s Ben Werschkul on whether Susie Wiles sees signs in her,
    Brad Parscale and Bill Stepien's focus group data of prospective
    Donald Trump voters on why American moms and dads won't let their
    sons and daughters grow up to work in semiconductor manufacturing: <URL:https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/chipmakers-have-plans-for-new-us-factories-but-not-enough-workers-to-run-them-113827037.html>
    | If this mix of various efforts ends up proving insufficient, it
    | could offer new urgency to Washington's immigration debate and
    | controversial efforts to allow more foreign workers into the US.
    |
    | Of particular interest for the semiconductor sector will be the H-1B
    | visa program that allows employers to employ foreign workers for
    | specialty occupations. But the program currently has strict caps on
    | how many people can take advantage.
    |
    | For Harris, she said, "we need to look at some more ambitious, more
    | structural fixes and quickly," noting both the immigration
    | conversation as well as policies elsewhere that put even more onus
    | on companies to shoulder the training burden.

    Will Miriam Adelson, Robert Bigelow, Betsy DeVos, Ken Griffin, Julia
    Koch, Bernie Marcus, Lachlan Murdoch, David Sacks and Steve Wynn
    allow Ron DeSantis to campaign for the likes of Intel and Micron
    to develop and nurture American human resources?

    John
    groenveld@acm.org
    --
    "Who the hell wants Asa Hutchinson for president? They're really
    gonna serve up Trump the easiest targets for humiliation" - Scott
    Greer
    <URL:https://twitter.com/ScottMGreer/status/1593659106371461121>

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