Once you quantify what you consider a "good" job then you can check with
the Employment Development Dept. to see how many exist. They keep such
statistics available in their computer base.
Don't forget that many folks consider lack of supervision a better quality
in a job than "conceptualization of the work and its execution, jobs which
require real
skill" (Truck drivers I'm told test out at a higher iq than most workers
and certainly used to get better pay than oh, say college instructors;
doing your own thinking on the bosses time was one of the advantages
Sweeney (?) [or the SEIU honcho guy before him I can't remember which head
of SEIU last held a real job prior to assension] liked about being a
janitor.)
Yours in Solidarity, Ellen
Friends,
Suppose that we took all of the jobs in the U.S. or any similar economy and
asked, what fraction of these jobs are "good" jobs. By good I mean not just
decent wages and benefits and reasonable hours (no doubt this eliminates a lot
of jobs already) but jobs which allow the holder to engage significantly
in both
the conceptualization of the work and its execution, jobs which require real
skill (I know that "skill" is a difficult concept).
I do not think that the fraction can be very high. What do others think? Can
anyone cite some current references on this subject?
(Note: we may have covered this subject in the past, but I've forgotten
what waw
said!)
michael yates
