US tech sector eyes immigration bill revival, cites worker shortage
Channel News Asia – Singapore
WASHINGTON : US high-tech industry leaders say they will maintain a fight in Congress to address what they claim is a critical shortage of skilled workers, …
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Worker shortage felt throughout British Columbia
Journal of Commerce – Burnaby,BC,Canada
Labour shortages are a major factor influencing business decisions in many industries throughout central and northern British Columbia. …
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Labour shortage hits Marlborough winegrowers
Stuff.co.nz – Wellington,New Zealand
The high seasonal-worker turnover was because some came to the end of their work permits and some found the physical work too hard. …
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CUBA: Women Combating Shortage of Decent Housing
Inter Press Service (subscription) – Rome,Italy
Official figures reflect a housing shortage of 500000 units in this Caribbean island nation of 11.2 million. But 15 percent of urban dwellings and 38 …
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Economist: Worker shortage would imperil state tourism
Rocky Mountain News – Denver,CO,USA
By Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News Economist Tucker Hart Adams cautioned that a failure to provide businesses with a way to employ more legal guest …
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Skills shortage reaching critical stage
New Zealand Herald – New Zealand
That concern, while still high, seemed to have stabilised at the same time as the skilled worker shortage escalated, he said. Despite that, New Zealand was …
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Alarm Bells Ringing Over Skills Shortage — Survey
Scoop.co.nz – New Zealand
But the concern, while still high, seems to have stabilised at the same time as the skilled worker shortage has escalated.” New Zealand was still in the top …
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Worker shortage takes toll on crops
Seattle Times – United States
By Tri-City Herald KENNEWICK — A labor shortage that hurt Washington asparagus growers will likely continue as the agriculture industry moves into its …
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Google Blogs Alert for: worker shortage
Why Employers Should Be Celebrating This 4th of July
By Carleen MacKay
The Bureau of Labor Statistics makes the case that there will be a worker shortage of nearly 10 million people by 2010 as mature workers continue to exit the workforce. Others have stated that recruiting talent from all generations is …
Spherion Career Blog – The Big Time – http://www.spherion.com/careerblog/
Immigration
The shortage points to the critical need for a legal guest-worker program and a secure ID system to verify those workers. Last fall, a San Luis Valley spinach grower offered $400 a day to help harvest his crop and got no takers, …
John Orr: 2008 Presidential Election – http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/
Out of Africa
By khowley@reason.com (Kerry Howley)
proposed a simple solution to the US nursing shortage: lift the cap on nursing visas. The proposal fizzled, but not before critics charged that such a policy would be cruel and irresponsible. A news story in The New York Times asserted …
Reason Magazine – All Reason… – http://www.reason.com/allarticles
