"Although some politicians don't like to acknowledge it, decent businesses can't run without a good transport system, without healthy workers, without skilled and trained workers, without social cohesion," she says.
They want to recognize something not acknowledged in many schools: some students are going into skilled jobs without going to college, or without going for four years, and should be prepared for that work.
But there is a vibrant political debate on immigration and about the need to import skilled labor without provoking domestic tensions — all conducted without rancor or vitriol.
Their blueprint referred to changes for highly skilled immigrants, without specifics.
A more politically viable approach may be to increase visas for skilled workers without cutting family quotas.
In theory, one could lower the barriers to highly skilled workers without tackling the more controversial issue of unskilled migration.
"In an uncertain environment, companies are looking for highly skilled experts, without having to shoulder the burden of an expanding wage bill.
When a woman, or more commonly a teenager, is lying about being raped, this will invariably emerge during a skilled interview without intimidation, said Darby.
"Skilled Work, Without the Worker" ("The iEconomy" series, front page, Aug. 19) perpetuates the stereotype that robots and humans are mutually exclusive.
