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TOM KOCHAN: Well, good afternoon, everyone, or good morning or good evening. No matter where you are in the world, it's some time of the day or night. And I'm delighted that we can use this time now to provide a wrap-up to the journey that we've been on for the last seven weeks. We've covered a lot of ground. We've looked at a lot of different issues that are so central to our future, to the future of work. And today, what we want to do is to try to take stock. What did we learn? Where are we going? How are we going to individually and then collectively make this a better workplace for the future for all concerned? So I'm really pleased that we can have this session in a very interactive way. And as we indicated on the course materials, you can post questions or comments as we go along. Some of you, I know, are already on Twitter. There's the hashtag, and I believe that's going to continue to show for you, those of you who are comfortable u...

We're speaking today with Tom Perez, the Secretary of Labor for the United States Department of Labor. So thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us. Oh, it's a pleasure to be with you. Maybe you could talk a little bit about what's changed since you and I entered the labor force a number of years ago. I'm thinking about a good friend of mine whose dad graduated high school, went to work at Bethlehem Steel, and worked there for 42 years. And as we fast forward to today, it is much less frequent to see someone at a job for 30, 40 years like our parents' generation. And once again, you look in the world of manufacturing just to take one example. The jobs of today are quite different than the jobs of yesterday. And frankly, in many cases, a high school degree simply won't suffice. And so my parents always taught me education is the great equalizer. It's what made America a superpower. This commitment to free public elementary and secondary education...