«I do think there is a lot of evidence to suggest that information technology is playing a large role in that,» Ford said
about displacing workers.
Not exact matches
This is exactly the kind of thing that people sounded the alarm
about in recent years — that robots are going to
displace human
workers.
Technology's steady march has catalyzed vigorous debates
about how much innovation may be
displacing — and perhaps even dooming — traditional
workers.
According to James Perez, a union rep who works at the Bronx processing center on East 149th Street, the USPS has already begun shifting
about half of the processing of Bronx mail to Manhattan and is intent on shuttering the center altogether and
displacing its 271
workers.
«We support expanding the
Displaced Building Service
Workers Act, and I know we'll get it done because this is a Council that cares
about working men and women,» said Van Bramer, the son of a 32BJ member who worked as a cleaner in the city's school system.
Despite some concerns mentioned
about the proposal's economic plan, which does not require that businesses interested in East New York pay
workers a «living wage,» most concerns voiced were
about the plan's potential to
displace residents.
Creating new opportunities for «all of these very talented, experienced,
displaced workers» requires «getting them thinking creatively
about maybe making the move from big pharma, where they've spent their careers,» to other opportunities, such as smaller, newer companies created by themselves, perhaps, or other
displaced scientists.
It is the reality that no one dares to speak
about; the tough reality of daily existence that reaches out to us from
displaced communities — from migrant
workers, victims of ecological and natural disasters and sex
workers to the new homeless — all sharing the dream of a better life.
About the Author: Hannah Morgan brings over 10 years of experience helping
displaced workers search for their next opportunity, and has developed and delivered workshops as well as managed the implementation of Career Navigator, a five - day intensive boot camp for professional level job seekers.
I hear it in my clients» voices everyday as they worry
about being
displaced by younger
workers.