Not enough cooks in the kitchen

Feb 11, 2020

Not enough cooks in the kitchen

Cooks at Hugo’s restaurant in Houston, Texas, prepare for the lunch shift. Macie Kelly/Houston Public Media

Despite relatively great job and trade numbers, many other factors are contributing to slower growth. Delinquencies are rising rapidly in the subprime auto loan sector. The restaurant industry looks to immigration reform to deal with a worker shortage.

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Amid worker shortage, Houston restaurant industry seeks immigration reform

by Elizabeth Trovall

Feb 11, 2020

According to one estimate, the national workforce will lose more than a million workers aged under 25 in the next eight years.

Cooks at Hugo’s restaurant in Houston, Texas, prepare for the lunch shift.

Macie Kelly/Houston Public Media

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