Opinion: We need to give U.S. workers more real power over their futures
By Zoë Baird and Denis McDonough May 24 at 3:25 PM Zoë Baird is chief executive and president of the Markle Foundation. Denis McDonough is senior principal at the Markle Foundation.
In addressing the last major disruption — globalization — policymakers’ attempts at labor-market reform lagged behind rapid economic transformation, thus undercutting workers. Today, expanding access to skills must be part of a broader agenda that results in workers obtaining power in the marketplace; they should share in the wealth their know-how creates and benefit from the data their engagement provides.
Our lack of transparency around skills is far from the only way that skills have been systematically undervalued by the labor market. Employers routinely use the traditional four-year college degree as a catchall qualification. Indeed, that experienced auto mechanic likely wouldn’t even be considered for that advanced manufacturing job without a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
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