Still, as Hira and Hira suggest, it would not hurt to take precautions that American jobs are protected by first of all admitting that a problem exists, by gathering data as to its effect, by taking a good look at U.S. Visa policies and by making sure that corporations are not acting to the detriment of U.S. jobs (Hira 175).
They offer a series of solutions that will benefit workers in the future: adopt more pragmatic approaches to government procurement, overhaul assistance programs for displaced workers, establish better protections for these workers, make sure training for the next generation includes lifelong marketable skills, form institutions that represent the interests of workers, educate our youth so that the U.S. can maintain its technological leadership, and institute trade policies that would be in the U.S. national interest (Hira 191).
The sum of this list is a tall order. It would mean revamping our view of the value of the American worker. Unions might have to take on additional meaning and power, regaining the bargaining power they have lost in the past couple of decades. Governmental policies would have to incorporate the value of the American worker into their perspectives, as trade agreements are negotiated. Governmental policies on education would have to improve drastically and money would have to be poured into public (and private) schools, in order to encourage children to pursue more biotechnology-based careers. America leads in this area today, but, according to Hira and Hira's research, biotechnology will soon be moving overseas, to Singapore and other Near Eastern countries who focus on educating their youth for this profitable product.
Another factor that is evident when statistical tables are viewed is that the U.S. government has not caught up with the fact that biotechnology is a major factor in jobs and income. The statistics and charts published by the U.S. Labor Department do not reflect that this field exists as a viable occupation in the United States. Only recently have the graphs and tables been revised to reflect that such jobs exist and even then they are not separated from older, outdated information on similar jobs. The technological, educational and economic policies reflect that this is a major field that has only recently entered the consciousness of U.S. government, considering statistics that have been gathered.
According to Hira and Hira,
The U.S. government is actively pursuing policies that accelerate outsourcing by undermining U.S. workers' primary competitive advantage over foreign workers: their physical presence in the U.S. The government has a guest-worker policy that enables companies to bring cheap foreign white-collar professionals to America to work on-site, replacing U.S. workers. The process also accelerates outsourcing as the U.S. transfers knowledge to foreign workers. Many then go back to their countries and compete with U.S. workers from there. Even more ominously, the U.S. Trade Representative, the chief U.S. representative for negotiating trade agreements, wants to make this process even easier through the World Trade Organization and trade agreements. (Hira 4)
This viewpoint reflects a kind of paranoia on the part of blue collar workers in the U.S.: a fear of foreign immigrants taking away the jobs that Americans by right of their citizenship should have. From the beginning of our history, the United States has brought in foreign workers to do jobs that were often too low-paying and undesirable for the ordinary citizen to do. Yet, railroad building, crop gathering and fruit stand vending have been attacked at historic times in the past on various fronts as being threatening to the U.S. worker. However, the result of each influx of foreign workers to fill these jobs has only benefited the U.S. In the long run.
Still the question remains, how much immigration is just right and how much is too much? The influx of Mexican workers into North America has U.S. citizens in the construction industry both elated and scared. Though employers hire more people for the price of one lost, even one job lost in a company will affect the morale of other workers and "the result of impoverishment can be a reduction in the motivational value of the job." (Campion 284) close eye is being kept on this new element in our society. The burden of their numbers is being felt in the drain on public services given free to these workers and their families. The influx of foreign workers here to do or to learn technological-oriented jobs has not reached this alarming status, and, considering the numbers needed in this category, may never reach it. Nevertheless, the fear factor seems to be taking an upper hand in the minds of many in the labor market (Cappelli 12).
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