We should dare to think more about labor migration, says Voka: “Politics often goes into spasm”

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1. or give people here a better wage instead of deliberatly importing people who want to work for less?

2. >Schinas pointed out that the share of the European population in the world continues to shrink. By 2070, only 4 percent of the world’s population will live in the European Union, compared to around 6 percent today. With a birth rate that is too low to maintain a stable population and an aging population, problems arise, such as the lack of labor.

   >According to him, in the light of the impending elections, politics goes into spasm at anything that smells like migration. Labor migration suffers as a result. “The approach is a bit half-hearted. The Flemish government says that it is going for ‘active migration’, but if you look at the concrete measures, they introduce more formalities and paperwork.”

   >For example, there is a list of medium-skilled professions: if an profession is included, labor migration will proceed much more smoothly. “The Flemish social partners have advocated putting around 70 professions on that list. The Flemish government has kept it at a paltry 29. That makes it more difficult and we do not understand that.”

3. So basically: We need more people, but we sure as fuck aren’t going to pay a decent wage. No no, that money has to stay with us as much as possible.

   And then there’s people who say wage theft isn’t a thing and you’re being paid what you’re worth…

   I’d say “whatever help you sleep” but the reality is that wage theft is harming everyone.

   Christ, they’re almost literally saying “we feel we should be allowed to steal the value of wages, and there needs to be serene debate about allowing us to do that”