"Most companies will tell you that the problem they have isn't that they can't find workers, it's that they can't find workers with the skills they need," said Thornberg.
Why can't the workers who are not upgrading their own skills expect a continuous reduction of wages?
But they can't organise workers in a specific industry or city to improve wages, working conditions and benefits.
Whenever you see some business person quoted complaining about how he or she can't find workers with the necessary skills, ask what wage they're offering.
I also hear from many business leaders who want to hire in the United States but can't find workers with the right skills.
These stories quote liberal groups, like the Economic Policy Institute, that argue that an education can't protect workers in today's global economy.
In "The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers" (Economic Scene column, front page, July 28), David Leonhardt suggests that a study of kindergarten's impact disproves arguments by Economic Policy Institute researchers that "an education can't protect workers" in today's economy.
Even the act itself can't protect workers who work remotely from as close as New Jersey for businesses based in New York.
Startups can't find workers with the skills they need, and larger companies have to set up centers offshore for the same reasons.
If you go listen to the testimony, or you listen to discussions I've had with industry, and you ask, "Where's the evidence of a shortage?" they say, "We can't find workers and we need them".
