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Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have? (www.npr.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Supply and Demand

American manufacturers say they are struggling to fill the jobs they already have.

That means there's a demand for workers that is bigger than the supply, so as a consequence, the price for labor (aka. wages) should rise. If it does not, the demand was fake.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Yep. They are mostly looking for qualified workers, but they want to pay and provide job benefits and security like for a burger flipper at McD.