TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) - It was a night of good cooking for a good cause on Saturday at the Hulman Center. The 15th annual Terre Haute Children.
By Tony Perkins | May 12, 2021 | 5:06pm EDT
Joe Biden hosts a campaign event. (Photo credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
The evidence of it is everywhere at restaurants, factories, construction sites, even want ads. A couple in Chattanooga couldn t even go out to dinner without being greeted by a sign that read: We are short staffed. Please be patient..No one wants to work anymore.
In Indiana, the head of a trailer company told reporters, I ve never seen it this bad. Employers offer to pay more, give night and weekend incentives, and still they can t seem to find any applicants. There s too much free money sitting out there to stay home, one said. And if something doesn t change and fast the worker shortage will be the least of America s worries.
Print this article President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the April jobs report from the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2021.
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On the menu today: As the Biden administration is mystified by low hiring last month, we’re left wondering if they’ve tried talking to employers; Meanwhile, already-high gas prices are expected to jump again, in part because hackers have managed to shut down the most important oil pipeline on the East Coast; and in sad news, a farewell to a former boss.
‘The Government Is My Main Competitor Right Now’