Jobs Employers Can't Fill

Jobs Employers Can't Fill (9 of 11)
9. Primary Care Physician
9. Primary Care Physician
Labor advocates don't buy the argument that the U.S. is suffering from worker shortages. They say employers simply aren't willing to pay enough to attract workers. "Whenever employers want a more vulnerable workforce, they declare a labor shortage," says Ana Avendaño, chief counsel and director of the immigration worker program for the AFL-CIO. She has a point. For example, the shortage of primary care physicians that President Barack Obama has been talking about would likely work itself out if primary care doctors were paid anything close to what specialists get.

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