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Tina Smith: “I think that we are, in Minnesota, as we are all over the country, experiencing a shortage of workers.”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2022
I think that we are, in Minnesota, as we are all over the country, experiencing a shortage of workers.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota

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Senator Smith addresses the national worker shortage and rising wages.

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