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Editorial: Right mix of solutions needed to plug job gaps
Legal immigration reform is one step, but worker shortages affect all income levels
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A help wanted sign is seen outside Club Corners Car Wash in Gainesville in August 2017. - photo by David Barnes
So who is doing the laboring this Labor Day holiday? It's a murky picture. Unemployment is down: 4.6 percent nationwide, 5.1 percent in Georgia, 4.2 percent in Hall County. Jobless rates are down in 340 of the 388 metropolitan areas polled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.