At 14:28 27-1-01 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
>Consider the following twist on your key sentence: "But what do you think
>will happen if for a whole week the highly skilled/paid employees go on
>strike?"
>
>Same conclusion, right?
>
>Not really. In your scenario, Jeroen, if the low skilled/paid staff
>leaves for a week, the company will probably just hire other workers.
>Why? Because they are low skilled, and therfore there is an abundant
>supply of them. Business then resumes as usual.
Maybe in the US, but it isn't that easy here in The Netherlands. First, we
currently have enormous problems finding people for any kind of job. The
current estimate is that we'll be short of some 150,000 high-skilled
workers in the next three years. Now that most people here have a decent
education, it's almost impossible to find people to do low-paid unskilled work.
Second, if you want to hire other workers you'll have to lay off the
current workers -- and it's not that easy to lay off people here as it
seems to be in the US. In my country, you can't even lay off your staff for
going on strike.
Jeroen
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