Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g2EDePu19446; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:40:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:40:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <112.e11c4d4.29c201c0@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AndresMuro@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2074] Re: EFF and the workforce X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 259 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_112.e11c4d4.29c201c0_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 4557 Lines: 71 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Even thought they may be poor, workers are not stupid. Corporations go to Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, Central America, etc to exploit the highly poor and uneducated workforce that includes young children. They never complain about timeliness, absence from work, work ethic, etc. If that was a problem, they would stay in the US and pay for the a more 'professional' and educated workforce. The same applies to the US. if companies are dissatisfied with these issues, why don't they pay more and hire better prepared employees. I am sure that if they raise their wages, offer more job security, etc, etc. Employees would be more responsible towards their work. I doubt that EFF is about telling poor mothers that they should show up to work on time and work harder. Also, a lot of students attending literacy classes in the US went to school in other countries where attendance, hard work, and timeliness is mandatory. Poor people usually miss school or drop out, not because they want to, but because they have to work to eat. So, those who attended school in other countries already know about this. They do not need teachers to tell them very condescendingly that working hard and being on time is important. I wonder if the association of manufacturers noticed any relationship between wages, quality of workplace and the 'skills that they find deficient'. The problem is that they want to pay poorly, not pay benefits, not provide daycare, and have poor quality workplaces. They also want people to show up to work and be dedicated, regardless of the conditions, and they think that educators are responsible for this. Andres In a message dated 3/13/2002 2:16:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, akohring@utk.edu writes: > What caught my interest was that the top reported skill deficiencies for > both > current employees as well as potential employees in manufacturing were > called > basic employability skills: attendance, timeliness, work ethic, etc.
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