Today, there are pressing issues that demand our work. Bridging partisan divide continues. I again call on the legislature to address what I believe are the two greatest challenges facing our state. The first, Our decade long struggle to retain, attract and train talented workers to address our state's workforce shortages. And the second, the Republican majority's disinterest in working towards a meaningful bipartisan plan to do something about it. Folks, no. Isn't the workforce plan Asking more kids to work in the workforce is not a workforce plan. (41:38–41:46)
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Asserts that Wisconsin has faced a decade-long challenge in addressing workforce shortages.
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