• nogooduser@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get something about the article. They are saying that there is a labour shortage so they need to do this but they also say that the employers have all the power.

    Usually, a labour shortage means that the employees have the power so you’d have thought that they’d have been able to tell the employers to piss off when they try to increase their hours.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, that’s certainly one odd aspect. Also, there’s a ton of other methods to handle labour shortages. Like activating underused groups, such as women. Or offering retraining so people can switch to different jobs. And higher pay for sectors with shortages doesn’t hurt either, considering the already very low pay in Greece.

      Running your existing workforce ragged is NOT the way to deal with this.

      But hey, maybe we’re missing some cultural or political piece of the puzzle as to why they went this route.

      • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Every labor shortage is a capital shortage. If you compensate better for pretty much any job people will work them. It’s employers trying to shift the blame, but if they want 500 widgets but can only afford to employ enough staff to make 50 widgets it’s not the employees fault they didn’t get an extra 450 widgets for free, labor doesn’t work that way.