Dear Editor,
During Labor Day Week, there is much to think about. Let us take time. to try to have a better understanding of the nation’s workforce and its future.
For generations, American workers have built the cars, technologies, businesses, and industries that helped make the United States the most dynamic economy in the world. In the past year it has taken hourly employees to be our country’s new millionaires.
Now, the nature of that work is changing. Artificial intelligence and advanced technology are transforming the workplace, even as skilled trades people, technicians, and manufacturers remain essential to the nation’s strength and competitiveness.
Today, we need to have a better understanding of the American workers, innovation, and what it will be needed to keep this great workforce strong in the decades ahead. With this, we also need to understand the future of American manufacturing, the growing importance of skilled trades, preparing young workers for the AI revolution, and why America must retain the ability to build, innovate, and compete, all aspects of our Great capitalist system.
Professor Harry Lepinske Dodgeville