A period of vast worker mobility is ahead, he predicted, because once the recession is over, dissatisfied workers will be able to move to new jobs.
In the gloom of the separation plant, a vast shed, workers sift through garbage moving by on three raised conveyor belts, striking an atonal note with every bottle or can they drop into gaping bags below.
However, collective bargaining agreements which cover the vast majority of workers mean that even unskilled workers can normally expect a guaranteed minimum income of 2,200 Swiss Francs (£1500) a month.
One of the main concerns is how to secure a minimum level of income for the vast majority of workers earning low wages, almost exclusively young, female workers and other disadvantaged groups.
"The vast majority of workers, they can't wait to be released from workers' comp and come back to work.
The chief executives of the UK's 15 largest firms earned on average 238 times the annual earnings of the average worker in 2011, the report noted, and pay for the vast majority of workers has fallen in real terms.
These declining labor market opportunities for the vast majority of workers also were accompanied by very weak performance in raising the real weekly earnings of most employed workers, increasing real household income, or reducing poverty problems.
A vast majority of workers would not be affected by the proposed excise tax.
The vast majority of workers in other areas, especially in London, will see little benefit.
