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Mark Pocan: “I believe this is a couple years ago, but I think the median…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 55 with Jim Parrott

Published | Video Starts at 19:41

… helps them bring the cost down or push the margins up one way or the other. But it's just a math problem really, you know, on the labor side too, I believe this is a couple years ago, but I think the median age of someone in the trades, and these are, excuse me, union statistics, but I don't think it's that different with something like 55 to 58 years old. So it's definitely an aging population. So what you said. Exactly. People who have come to this country are going into that field. (19:41–19:54)

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Claims that the median age of workers in the trades is between 55 to 58 years old, indicating an aging workforce.

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