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Amy Pechacek: “There's a worker quantity shortage throughout the Midwest…”

Featuring: Amy Pechacek, Acting Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce Development

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Newsmakers: Wisconsin Workforce Updates from DWD Secretary-Designee Amy Pechacek

Published | Video Starts at 03:24

Well, certainly. Right. There is a labor worker quantity shortage as you referenced. We'll be talking about that. Yeah, yeah. And it is not unique to Wisconsin. There's a worker quantity shortage throughout the Midwest, throughout the country, even globally. In China they're having a worker quantity shortage and that's actually a result of decade long trends that are in the making. We've had low birth rates going back several generations. (03:24–03:29)

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Asserts that there is a widespread worker shortage in the Midwest, the U.S., and globally.

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