ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoIf you were the president of USA, how would you make more people work in skilled trade jobs?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareIf you were the president of USA, how would you make more people work in skilled trade jobs?ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-25 months agoNot specifically USA answer, just some general thoughts that could probably work anywhere: A generous safety net, maybe UBI, so anyone can take as much time off as they need to requalify for a trade Very cheap (but not free) training Easy path to education and training, there shouldn’t be too many hurdles between “i’d like to do that” and “i’m officially an apprentice” Enforcement of health&safety regulations - trade jobs often have lower life expectancy for being physically hard Ensured healthcare and retirement Paid maternity leave for self-employed General support for unions, while pushing back on some of the excesses (like limit on the number of members) Edit: Simple taxation. Not necessarily low taxes, just make them simple to calculate and pay. Tradespeople don’t have an accounting department.
minus-squareModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agodeleted by creator
Not specifically USA answer, just some general thoughts that could probably work anywhere:
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