He goes on: "They encourage employers to turn good jobs into temporary jobs at reduced wages and diminished working conditions and contribute to the growing class of workers laboring in poverty." That was Mr. Sweeney. Mr. Weisman. the staff writer for the Washington Post. then quotes Professor Borjas: But some of those macroeconomic gains have come at the expense of lowwage workers. especially the 10 percent of the labor force that dropped out of high school. In recent years. competition from lowskilled immigrant workers has reduced the wages of high school dropouts by as much as 8 percent. Borjas said. How about another professor.
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