thanks Freddy, that's the one!!
Low-pass,
Definitely it's a soften up. My company is a bit like the media. Believe little of what you read less of what you hear, particulalry when it comes from the mouth of mis-management. Bit like J* int. Be good boys sign an EBA and we will let you in on J* int, when in actuality the deal was done. After Dixon said it would never exist in the first place!
The problem now is that Ryan Air et al have dispensed with a lot of up front costs dumped previously on the applicant. This is necessary to hold the skilled employee. Immigration is one way to tackle a short term shortage, however it is not politically palatable.. As the Demographic paper alludes to, the problem will not be and cannot be addressed by immigration alone. Real wages and conditions for all SKILLED employees will rise.
In downsizing, rightsizing, scaring and intimidating workers employees are now just like all other "resources"-they go to the higher bidder. QF loyalty was second to none! Not these days
The actual logic alluded to by Costello for "work-lack- of-choices" was to limit the ability of skilled/short labour to bid up due scarcity their real wages.
As you reap you shall sow...