by Mark Ziegler
Competition is the foundation of our free enterprise system.
Just as business success requires an ability to compete for customers, it also depends on attracting and retaining qualified workers.
As COVID 19 has disrupted just about every industry that relies on in-person or face-to-face work, there have been plenty of complaints about “labor shortages.” But not nearly enough discussion about what it takes to compete for labor.
The Construction Industry Labor Employers Council (CILEC) is a labor management committee that brings together signatory contractors and their employee representatives to enhance awareness about the work of the unionized construction industry in supporting Minnesota’s economic and workforce development objectives.
For the better part of the last 60 years, Americans have been led to believe that the most viable path into a middle-class career is with a four-year degree and with it, often enough, thousands
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