labor shortage Archives - The Dominion Post https://www.dominionpost.com/tag/labor-shortage/ Morgantown Area News Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:39:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.dominionpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-81287318_3042289439136500_6974497821747576832_n-32x32.png labor shortage Archives - The Dominion Post https://www.dominionpost.com/tag/labor-shortage/ 32 32 Bad budget now means funding failure later https://www.dominionpost.com/2023/01/14/bad-budget-now-means-funding-failure-later/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 04:05:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=257442 During his State of the State address, Gov. Jim Justice presented the Legislature with an essentially flat budget — again. There is a slight increase of about 5.53%, from $4.636 […]

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]]> Mass long-COVID disability threatens the U.S. economy https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/12/15/mass-long-covid-disability-threatens-the-u-s-economy/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=254371 EDITOR’S NOTE: Hoppy Kercheval is on vacation this week. His next column should appear on Dec. 23. by Kathryn Anne Edwards Forget the work-from-home revolution or quiet quitting: The COVID-19 […]

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]]> Immigration as economic and workforce stabilization https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/06/05/immigration-as-economic-and-workforce-stabilization/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 03:02:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=234731 by Josh T. Smith Inflation has no cure-all. The Federal Reserve’s rate hikes — two already this year, and more expected — might help, but they do nothing to address […]

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]]> Men with criminal records could solve U.S. labor shortage https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/03/05/men-with-criminal-records-could-solve-u-s-labor-shortage/ Sun, 06 Mar 2022 03:53:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=226106 by Shawn D. Bushway and Jeffrey B. Wenger American employers are panicked about the lack of willing workers. They shouldn’t be. There are plenty of Americans who want to work. […]

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]]> Labor’s love lost: Local voices speak on shifting job market https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/11/27/labors-love-lost-local-voices-speak-on-shifting-job-market/ Sun, 28 Nov 2021 01:37:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=216277 MORGANTOWN — Nobody wants to work anymore. It’s become a common refrain recently, a simple explanation for a complicated situation, as stories of understaffed stores, restaurants and warehouses circulate month […]

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]]> Mass resignations a long time coming https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/11/01/mass-resignations-a-long-time-coming/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 03:01:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=213360 by Erin Lowry Millennials. They’re back at it again with their whining and laziness. This time, they’re daring to quit their jobs due to burnout. Don’t they understand the financial […]

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]]> Why the ‘great resignation’ of 2021 is a sign of hope https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/09/05/why-the-great-resignation-of-2021-is-a-sign-of-hope/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=206678 by  LZ Granderson It was a tough week for America. A dark week. The attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26 killed 13 U.S. service members, including Marine […]

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]]> American labor crisis hit all the small businesses on this street https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/08/13/american-labor-crisis-hit-all-the-small-businesses-on-this-street/ Sat, 14 Aug 2021 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=204154 It’s 4:30 in the morning, and Raymond Mikesell’s alarm has gone off. Within an hour, as the first rays of pink and orange morning light reflect off the skyscrapers in […]

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]]> Human nature and government checks https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/07/05/human-nature-and-government-checks/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 02:38:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=199505 Books and articles — scientific as well as theological — have been written on human nature. Still, most people don’t understand it, or refuse to learn from it, or worse, […]

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