State Reps. Andy Whitt, James Lomax op-ed: Alabama’s playbook for closing the skilled trades gap is already at work
Across Alabama, contractors are hiring, builders are struggling to find the skilled labor needed to keep projects on schedule, and infrastructure investment is accelerating. Nationally, there are approximately 292,000 unfilled skilled trades positions, while the average age of a construction worker in Alabama is 43 years old. For every five people who retire from the […] The post State Reps. Andy Whitt, James Lomax op-ed: Alabama’s playbook for closing the skilled trades gap is already at work appeared first on Yellowhammer News .
