I guess which side one is on here boils down to belief in what is the primary purpose of employment:
1) To employ people
2) To provide the industry and services that the nation and society needs
I firmly believe that, if we want a successful economy, it should be the latter. Of course workers' rights matter but, if they become the main priority, we risk fossilising our economy, clinging on to out-dated jobs, like those of tube drivers, that no longer make any commercial sense. We need to go with technology and changing requirements. In the long run an excessive emphasis on workers' rights is reducing the jobs available
1) To employ people
2) To provide the industry and services that the nation and society needs
I firmly believe that, if we want a successful economy, it should be the latter. Of course workers' rights matter but, if they become the main priority, we risk fossilising our economy, clinging on to out-dated jobs, like those of tube drivers, that no longer make any commercial sense. We need to go with technology and changing requirements. In the long run an excessive emphasis on workers' rights is reducing the jobs available
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