labor: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/labor/ Everyone on the record about labor: 8 verbatim quotes from 6 people, August 2021 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:03 +0000 John Williams: Williams forecasts unemployment rising to around 4.5 percent by end of 2025. https://minutesof.com/q/61eafb8f-d4ec-4b85-a0e1-43e32100d1c7/ https://minutesof.com/q/61eafb8f-d4ec-4b85-a0e1-43e32100d1c7/ “With this slowdown in growth, I expect the unemployment rate to rise to around 4-1/2 percent by the end of this year.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches labor JD Vance: Vance says the administration told corporations to train and hire Americans before seeking foreign w https://minutesof.com/q/58e7e704-d2a2-4097-ba65-f8f13d8ace4e/ https://minutesof.com/q/58e7e704-d2a2-4097-ba65-f8f13d8ace4e/ “And what we did is we told American corporations that if you wanted new workers, you gotta start by training and hiring your own countrymen.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:00:25 +0000 labor Gavin Baker: Baker cites examples showing blue collar workers benefiting significantly from AI adoption. https://minutesof.com/q/006f2e01-178b-414e-aede-d03efbfa0286/ https://minutesof.com/q/006f2e01-178b-414e-aede-d03efbfa0286/ “I think one of them gave an example of I forget if it was a plumber or an HVAC contractor, but, like, you know, everybody who's a blue collar worker is doing great because of AI.” — Gavin Baker, Invest Like The Best Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:33 +0000 labor Gavin Baker: Baker calculates 20% token spend on knowledge work implies $5 trillion addressable market. https://minutesof.com/q/97cbfdba-ab42-4e33-a2d7-dfef4623b92f/ https://minutesof.com/q/97cbfdba-ab42-4e33-a2d7-dfef4623b92f/ “There's 25,000,000,000,000 in knowledge work. And so let's, you know, let's say that that's, you know, let's take your 20% number. That's 5,000,000,000,000.” — Gavin Baker, Invest Like The Best Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:33 +0000 labor Dylan Patel: Patel describes former Yandex workers paid bonuses for speed who use drugs to complete data cente https://minutesof.com/q/578afda3-bf30-482f-8983-ed64a039e7e0/ https://minutesof.com/q/578afda3-bf30-482f-8983-ed64a039e7e0/ “Like and they get paid bonuses for being faster, and therefore, do, like, certain drugs to be able to finish the build outs faster.” — Dylan Patel, No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:01:35 +0000 labor Marc Rowan: Rowan grades the U.S. economy an A for capital allocation but a C for understanding trade's impact https://minutesof.com/q/40630ba3-f27d-45e4-afd8-25725b8823ce/ https://minutesof.com/q/40630ba3-f27d-45e4-afd8-25725b8823ce/ “give us an a as an economy for allocation of capital and construction of assets, and give us a c for understanding trade and its impact on labor.” — Marc Rowan, CNBC Television Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:27:57 +0000 labor Bill Gurley: Gurley cites Amazon paying $3,000 and McDonald's $500 bonuses to argue drivers prefer flexible wo https://minutesof.com/q/ca221d99-2f8a-40c8-a203-309ca55e191c/ https://minutesof.com/q/ca221d99-2f8a-40c8-a203-309ca55e191c/ “if if if these writer drivers wanted shift work, there's unbelievable opportunity out there right now. Amazon's paying $3,000 for you to become a shift worker.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Tech Wed, 25 Aug 2021 23:40:05 +0000 labor Bill Gurley: Gurley says SEIU charges $420 annual fee to 2 million members outside ridesharing to fund this fi https://minutesof.com/q/42e3dc03-03cf-42bd-aad7-1ab46ab6cecb/ https://minutesof.com/q/42e3dc03-03cf-42bd-aad7-1ab46ab6cecb/ “They want their minimum member fee is $420 a year that they charge their 2,000,000 members who, by the way, aren't in the ride sharing industry. They're in hospitality and government and health care.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Tech Wed, 25 Aug 2021 23:40:05 +0000 labor