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2021 m. rugpjūčio 24 d., antradienis

Workers Don’t Want Their Old Jobs on the Old Terms


"The pandemic disrupted many our work lives. Some of us — generally highly educated white-collar workers with relatively well-paying jobs — were able to shift to remote work. Millions of other workers, especially many poorly paid service workers, simply saw their jobs disappear when consumers stopped eating out and traveling.
Now the economy is recovering — a recovery that will probably continue despite the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. But many of us don’t want to go back to the way things were before. After a year and a half of working from home, many don’t want to return to the stress of commuting. And at least some of those who were forced into unemployment have come to realize how unhappy they were with low pay and poor working conditions, and are reluctant to go back to their previous jobs.
To be honest, when businesses began complaining about labor shortages, I was skeptical. These kinds of complaints always surface when the economy begins to recover from a slump and often mean only that job applicants have gotten a bit less desperate. Some of us also remember how, seven or eight years ago, Very Serious People insisted that we faced a major “skills gap” and would never be able to get unemployment down to the levels that prevailed before the financial crisis. (Spoiler: We did.)
At this point, however, it seems clear that something really is going on. You can see this from the data on vacancies: There are far more unfilled job openings than you would normally expect to see, given the current level of unemployment, which is still fairly high.
You can also see it by looking at what’s happening in the sector hit hardest by the pandemic, leisure and hospitality (think restaurants and hotels). Employment in that sector is still well below its prepandemic level; but to bring workers back, the sector has had to offer big wage increases, significantly above the prepandemic trend.
In other words, some workers really don’t seem willing to go back to their old jobs unless offered substantially more money and/or better working conditions. But why is this happening? And is it a bad thing?

Perversely, the pandemic may have given many of us a chance to figure out what really matters to us — and the money we were being paid for unpleasant jobs, some now realize, just wasn’t enough."


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/opinion/workers-wages-recovery.html

A. Armonaitė for Lithuanian business: you are accomplices to murderers, you must be in prison instead of asking for state support

 "Armonaitė does not promise subsidies to companies operating in the Belarusian market: they knew where they do business. ELTA reminds that the Minister of Economy and Innovation A. Armonaitė said on Tuesday that she saw no reason to subsidize losses caused by political tensions between Belarus and Lithuania.

"The actions of Aliaksandr Lukashenko's regime should not have come as a surprise to Lithuanian entrepreneurs who have invested there since it was obvious for Lithuanian business that it is an autocratic or totalitarian state", - A. Armonaitė told LRT radio on Tuesday. 

 Algirdas Butkevičius, a parliamentarian of the mixed group of Seimas members, says that he was shocked by the statements of the Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė that she sees no reason to subsidize the losses caused by political tensions between Belarus and Lithuania. "This is not the first time that this government's approach to business has been shocking. 

First of all, I would like to remind you that the deterioration of relations with Belarus was not caused by the changed situation in Belarus itself, as it is presented by this government, but by international sanctions, one of the main initiators of which is this Lithuania's  government

Therefore, the government has no right to distance itself from the consequences now," - A. Butkevičius confirms in a statement issued on Tuesday." 

 

A. Armonaitė Lietuvos verslui: jūs esate žmogžudžių bendrininkai, turite būti kalėjime, o ne prašyti valstybės paramos

 "A. Armonaitė Baltarusijos rinkoje veiklą vykdžiusioms įmonėms subsidijų nežada: jie žinojo, kur daro verslą. ELTA primena, kad ekonomikos ir inovacijų ministrė A. Armonaitė antradienį sakė nematanti pagrindo subsidijuoti dėl politinės įtampos tarp Baltarusijos ir Lietuvos veiklą apribojusių įmonių patirtus nuostolius. Ministrės manymu, Aliaksandro Lukašenkos režimo veiksmai ten investavusiems Lietuvos verslininkams neturėjo būti netikėtumas. „Kaimyninėje šalyje tie pokyčiai, kurie vyksta, ir mūsų ekonominis bendradarbiavimas kelia tam tikrų iššūkių tam tikrai daliai mūsų verslų. Tačiau akivaizdu, kad tokioje rinkoje, kaip Baltarusija, veikimas nėra kažkokia naujiena ar staigmena Lietuvos verslui, jog tai yra autokratinė ar totalitarinė valstybė“, – antradienį LRT radijui sakė A. Armonaitė. Į Baltarusijos rinką investavę verslai, jos manymu, puikiai žinojo, ką daro.

Mišrios Seimo narių grupės parlamentaras Algirdas Butkevičius sako, kad jį šokiravo ekonomikos ir inovacijų ministrės Aušrinės Armonaitės pareiškimai, jog ji nemato pagrindo subsidijuoti dėl politinės įtampos tarp Baltarusijos ir Lietuvos veiklą apribojusių įmonių patirtus nuostolius, kadangi dabartinė politinė situacija verslams neturėjo būti netikėtumas. „Jau ne pirmą kartą šios Vyriausybės požiūris į verslą šokiruoja. Visų pirma, noriu priminti, kad santykių su Baltarusija paaštrėjimą sukėlė ne pasikeitusi situacija pačioje Baltarusijoje, kaip norima pateikti, o tarptautinės sankcijos, kurių sugriežtinimo viena pagrindinių iniciatorių yra Lietuva. Todėl Vyriausybė neturi jokios teisės dabar atsiriboti nuo susidarančių pasekmių“, – antradienį išplatintame pranešime tvirtina A. Butkevičius.
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2021 m. rugpjūčio 23 d., pirmadienis

Raineris Seele: iš kur mes Europoje gausime vandenilio?

 

 
 Raineris Seele yra Rusijos užsienio prekybos rūmų (AHK) prezidentas ir „OMV AG“ vadovas. [1] 
 
 

 
 

Rainer Seele: Where we in Europe will get the hydrogen from?

  "Europe rightly relies on renewable energies such as hydrogen. But I warn against narrow-minded thinking that only green hydrogen from renewable energies is environmentally friendly. If we want to continue to achieve a safe and sustainable energy supply, we are on hydrogen from natural gas with underground storage CO2 dependent. 

Unfortunately, the EU sets itself artificial limits by banning the underground storage of carbon dioxide in almost all member states - including Germany and Austria. As the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol said: "The simple-minded quantity can be captured by the dazzling without much thought." The CO2 storage can reduce our emissions quickly and comparatively inexpensively by storing them in underground storage facilities. We should take advantage of this opportunity. Europe cannot afford an ideological rejection of hydrogen from fossil sources if we do not endanger the upswing and want to achieve our climate policy goals. I am therefore proposing a hydrogen alliance with Russia. We have the know-how and Russia has the gas storage facilities. This division of labor has already proven to be a successful concept in the past. The Russian Chamber of Commerce Abroad (AHK) is ready to make a contribution. We have already done preliminary work. An AHK initiative group brings German and Russian companies together in the search for hydrogen pilot projects. If we succeed in realizing such projects in a timely manner, we have the opportunity to continue the strategic energy partnership between our two countries for decades. 

Something is also moving politically - in April of this year, a German-Russian working group for sustainable energies was set up through a joint declaration of intent between the German Federal Ministry of Economics and the Russian Ministry of Energy. That is a step in the right direction. 

 The focus on green hydrogen alone, however desirable that may be, will not be feasible in the medium term. We need hydrogen from raw materials of every color. And so I welcome the statement by Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier at the German-Russian raw materials conference to use blue hydrogen as a bridging technology for a transition period. We need a raw materials partnership between the EU and Russia so that the industry-driven growth is sustainable. 

Let's not fool ourselves: The electricity from renewable energy will not be enough to produce enough green hydrogen for industry in the EU at competitive prices in the foreseeable future. That is why there is no getting around an alliance with gas countries like Russia, because the Russian storage facilities are in close proximity to the European sales markets. We should use this great advantage for our further economic upswing."

Rainer Seele is President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce Abroad (AHK) and head of OMV AG. [1]

1. "OMV is an Austrian multinational integrated oil, gas and petrochemical company which is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The company is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, OMV Group was ranked as the 441st -largest public company in the world."

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/omv-chef-brauchen-wasserstoff-allianz-mit-russland-17497731.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_2

Who is a madman?

 It’s a person who repeats the same thing, hoping to get a different result over time. Often such a person still screams nonsense. Lithuanian rulers shout nonsense about Belarus' hybrid (don't ask) aggression against Lithuania. In reality, there is a real, not some crazy hybrid, Lithuanian aggression against Belarus in an attempt to overthrow the Belarusian government. And the Belarussian government is still here, in our neighborhood.  V. Landsbergis, the KGB resident in Lithuania, says about the Belarusian regime: it is nonsense that we need to talk to crazy dictators, i.e. V. Landsbergis using the KGB method accuses that Belarus has V. Landsbergis' problem. In reality, V. Landsbergis himself is a madman dangerous for Lithuania.

Kas yra beprotis?

Tai žmogus, kuris kartoja tą patį, tikėdamasis su laiku gauti kitokį rezultatą. Dažnai toks žmogus dar rėkia nesąmones. Lietuvos valdantieji rėkia nesąmones apie Baltarusijos hibridinę (neklausk) agresiją prieš Lietuvą. Realiai vyksta tikra, o ne kažkokia hibridinė, Lietuvos agresija prieš Baltarusiją, bandant nuversti Baltarusijos valdžią. O Baltarusijos valdžia vis dar čia, mūsų kaimynystėje. KGB statytinis Lietuvoje  V. Landsbergis sako apie Baltarusijos režimą: plepalai, kad reikia kalbėtis su bepročiais diktatoriais, t.y. V. Landsbergis KGB metodu kaltina Baltarusiją tuo, kuo pats serga. Realiai V. Landsbergis pats yra pavojingas Lietuvai beprotis.