How to fix a labor shortage

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🗓️ 15 June 2021

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Summary

Some businesses ask whether higher wages could be the answer to the labor shortage. Members of Congress return to the Capitol, and all its security concerns. And a new era of space travel dawns — for those who can afford it.

Across the country, businesses have a problem: Workers aren’t taking low-wage jobs. Economics reporter Eli Rosenberg talked to employers who think they have found a solution: paying people more.

Before returning to their home states last month, some lawmakers expressed concerns over safety and sought out funding for additional security. Now, House members have returned to the Hill, where they don’t necessarily feel much safer. Marianna Sotomayor reports.

A new kind of space race: Billionaires are competing to launch into space. Others can come along — but only if they can afford astronomical prices. Space travel reporter Christian Davenport has more.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:07.0	It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:10.0	Posts, Sarah Kaplan.
0:12.0	Hi, this is Alaheiz, Alaheiz.
0:13.0	I'm with the Washington Post.
0:14.0	They...
0:15.0	This is Post Reports.
0:17.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:20.0	It's Tuesday, June 15th.
0:25.0	Today, why businesses are considering a $15 wage?
0:29.0	How Congress is dealing with safety threats?
0:31.0	And the start of luxury space travel.
0:36.0	So, the last couple of months
0:39.0	amid so much optimism in the country
0:41.0	as we're reopening and industries
0:43.0	are spreading their wings and restrictions are falling.
0:48.0	We've started to see a lot of complaints
0:51.0	from businesses and industries like hotels,
0:54.0	manufacturing, food service
0:56.0	that they're having a really difficult time.
0:59.0	Finding workers to apply and then staff jobs.
1:03.0	And these are typically low-age jobs
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