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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts) Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:33 AM Jul 2012

Wisconsin Republicans keep finding new ways to exploit workers

A legislative committee looking to pin the blame for Wisconsin’s lackluster job creation statistics on someone else other than Scott Walker has found a new scapegoat: Wisconsin high schools. Yep, it is all the high schools' fault for not properly preparing students for the business world of today.

Manufacturers in southeastern Wisconsin say they have a problem. They claim that jobs are going unfilled because they can’t attract suitably trained employees, and they blame the public schools for inadequately preparing students for the “real world” of work.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/20/1111340/-Wisconsin-Republicans-keep-finding-new-ways-to-exploit-workers

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Wisconsin Republicans keep finding new ways to exploit workers (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jul 2012 OP

“In workforce development we say, you begin at birth and end at the grave.” Scuba Jul 2012 #1

Trojan horse to bring in charter schools, too. BlueToTheBone Jul 2012 #2

Employers used to train and educate their own employees NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #3

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. “In workforce development we say, you begin at birth and end at the grave.”

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:43 AM

Jul 2012

But Tim Sullivan, who appeared before the committee as Scott Walker’s recently appointed “Special Consultant for Business and Workforce Development,” has even more ambitious ideas: “In workforce development we say, you begin at birth and end at the grave.”

Could they be any more clear?