Skilled Labour Quotes

For vocational workers, their pay should reflect their skills and difficulty of labour. To be skilled in a craft should be accepted as an alternative path.

I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that their creativity is no less than that of a violinist or painter.

We ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as follows: ] if we were to do that we would increase the supply of skilled workers that our schools have been unable to create and as a consequence of that we would lower the average wage of skills and reduce the degree of income inequality in this country.

Neither the lawmaker nor the capitalist possesses any miraculous power of multiplying loaves and fishes; or of commanding, like the enchanters of old, broomsticks to do the work of men. They must have labourers, skilled labourers, and without them it is nonsense to talk of improving a country …

To stay attractive and competitive, the U.K. should take measures to ensure that skilled talent keeps flowing in and out the country.

The end of free movement means that we will be able to consider the impact on the existing labour market when determining whether we want unskilled workers from the E.U. to be able to come to the U.K.

It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy.

A literate, skilled workforce is essential for low-income countries to attract investment and fill jobs with local rather than imported labour.

I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger.

The single biggest resource India has is people and skill.