Smaller businesses launch staff recruitment efforts. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 8:18 PM EDT May 18, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Help wanted signs dot commercial corridors these days. And that request for new staffers actually spans various sectors of the economy for various reasons.
Business leaders say while it is definitely a factor, this shortage actually goes way beyond the oft heard explanation that enhanced unemployment compensation may be keeping some would be previously laid off workers to just stay home.
Buffalo Niagara Partnership President and CEO Dottie Gallagher says the need for skilled workers actually began before COVID struck but it ultimately became a perfect pandemic storm of open jobs.
Burley Meeting At the Burley Convention Center a Farm Bureau meeting of the minds. The Farm Bureau Beef Committee met to discuss issues that affect their bottom line. Minimum wage was top of mind and Chairman Sara Erb, of Blackfoot was pretty decided about saying the even though ag laborers were worth $13-dollars an hour, ranchers… couldn’t afford that.
our laborers are very worth it, we just can t, said Chairman Erb.
The new State Vet told ranchers on the committee about the mandatory new RF-Id tags. Yes, the RF-ID tags! We are always worried about extra costs and I think it s a good thing, it s just going to take some time. I think the main thing that scares people is the extra time we have to put forth to implement it, and the extra costs, but it sounds like we will be compensated a bit, that helps, added Erb.
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A leading beef industry research and analytics service is bullish on cattle in 2021, predicting a tightening supply and strong demand will contribute to a profitable year for ranchers.
Memorial for COVID deaths By Hannah Tiede | January 19, 2021 at 11:26 PM MST - Updated January 19 at 11:31 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -In conjunction with the national COVID-19 memorial service in Washington, D.C., Tucson Medical Center (TMC) held its own ceremony on Tuesday.
Dozens of health care workers, many still in scrubs, gathered at Life Gain Park in uniform silence. The only sound breaking the calm was a bell that rang to honor each TMC patient who has died from COVID-19.
“For me, it’s a piece of healing,” said Sarah Erb, the nursing manager of the post critical care unit. “We have seen a lot in the last year and have dealt with a lot.”