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Gregorio Sablan: We actually have too many jobs and not enough workers and it is not as if people can get in their car and drive across…

On the recordMarch 15, 2016
We actually have too many jobs and not enough workers and it is not as if people can get in their car and drive across the State line or county line and be there to occupy these jobs.
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Gregorio Sablan
Northern Mariana Islands

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Sablan discusses the labor shortage in the Northern Mariana Islands.

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