Will Rail Workers Quit By The Thousands?
There are all level of labor shortages in the United States today. There are skilled labor shortages, unskilled labor shortages and everything in between. Recently Congress passed bill forcing rail…
Tech Layoffs vs Labor Shortages
We live in interesting times. On the one hand, we have seen endless discussion about labor shortages all over including many we’ve written about here, here, and here. On the…
Construction Worker Shortages – 300k to 400k
On Monday we wrote about the continued shortage of truckers that range from 100k to 200k and today we will write about the upcoming 300k to 400k shortage of construction…
Trucker Shortage Continues – Texas Turning to Foreigners
Back in December of last year we wrote, “A Closer Look at Truckers and Driver Shortages” and nearly one year later, the problem hasn’t gone away. The situation is so…
QQQ and the Federal Funds Rate
In Predicting The Post Pandemic Stock Market Crash, we took a look at past stock market crashes trying to figure out where we are headed next. We also looked at…
Labor Choices: Insurance Agents or Pharmacists
The headline stated “$75,000 Bonus for Pharmacists” at Walgreens as a way to entice people to join the company. It’s August and while some companies, mostly in tech, have started…
Microsoft Warns of Labor Stagflation
It’s been a slow journey for corporations, governments, and people to get to the realization that the global demographic is changing and things aren’t going back to the way they…
BLS JOLTS Report – 11.3 Million Jobs Open
The BLS released their JOLTS report and it looks like there are still 11.3 million open jobs out there. From BLS.GOV: The number of job openings decreased to 11.3 million…
Green Card Company Benefits for Labor Shortages
The labor shortage has gotten so bad that companies are now offering immigration benefit services to foreign workers. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that companies like Amazon, Tyson and…
Indiana Wants Immigrant Labor To Slaughter, Process and Truck Meat For Restaurants
America is sometimes a peculiar place where in some areas, like “red” states, that have a disdain for immigrants or “replacements” as they like to call them, suddenly find themselves…