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Alex Padilla: “It would be smart to listen to the economists, and business leaders, who are sounding the alarm on our labor shortage.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2023
It would be smart to listen to the economists, and business leaders, who are sounding the alarm on our labor shortage.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Senator Padilla urges attention to economists regarding labor shortages.

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