WHERE REPUBLICANS UNVEILED
ECONOMIC PLANS THIS WEEK,
PROPOSALS THAT WOULD END
WISCONSIN'S PARTICIPATION IN
SEVERAL FEDERAL RECOVERY
PROGRAMS RELATED TO UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ROBIN VOS SAYS
THE RELIEF MONEY TO WORKERS
PREVENTS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
FROM FILLING OPEN POSITIONS.
>> THE THING THAT IS WORRYING
MANY OF US AND THAT WE HAVE TO
CHANGE THAT'S IMPEDING THE
RECOVERY IS THE SUPPLY CHAIN
FROM BEGINNING TO END.
SO IF YOU'RE A MANUFACTURER, YOU
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE
TO GET YOUR PRODUCTS IN AND BE
ABLE TO SHIP THEM OUT TO MARKET.
THAT'S BECAUSE TRUCKING
COMPANIES HAVE A HUGE CONCERN
WITH THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE
APPLYING AND FILLING POSITIONS.
WE SEE EVERY SINGLE MANUFACTURER
THAT I SPOKE WITH -- AND I SPOKE
TO LARGE AND SMALL, AND THEY ALL
SAY THE SAME THING, THAT THEY
ARE SEEING A SMALLER NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS, THEY ARE SEEING THE
FOLKS WHO DO APPLY NOT
NECESSARILY SHOW UP FOR
INTERVIEWS.
THEY ARE SEEING FOLKS WHO DO NOT
NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME WORK
ETHIC APPLYING FOR SOME OF THE
POSITIONS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO