Originally Posted by
inOban
And the most moribund economy in the EU is.... the UK. Hence there are fewer people coming to work here because there are more jobs at home. Round here the service economy is getting desperate for staff.
Have to pay more then, won't they. Free market economy and all that. A huge pool of cheap, willing labour, mostly with a great work ethic is brilliant for employers and the economy alike.
Great for everyone in fact, unless it's your industry that tide of labour is flooding. Then bang goes your security and prospects. And as housing in your area cannot cope with demand, up goes the rent (sorry everyone, no pay rise again this year). Your kids can't get into that decent school. So you and your family's prospects are not quite what a hard working parent would have hoped for.
So a little of the tide going back out may be necessary.