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- 1Mike Rowe warns US workforce faces 'problem of the decade'●Mike Rowe warns US workforce facing ‘problem of the decade’
TV personality and former 'Dirty Jobs' host Mike Rowe has warned that the American workforce is heading into what he calls the 'problem of the decade'. He has long argued that the US faces a shortage of skilled trade workers as younger generations favor college degrees, and his latest remarks renew that warning about the widening blue-collar labor gap.
- 2Mike Rowe says America's tradesperson shortage ignores the math▼Mike Rowe on America’s great tradesperson shortage: ‘I don’t care what your politics are. Math doesn’t care, either’
Television host and skilled-work advocate Mike Rowe is speaking out about the United States' widening shortage of tradespeople, arguing that the gap between job openings and available workers is a practical problem, not a partisan one. He says political debates over work and education miss the simple arithmetic behind unfilled jobs in plumbing, electrical and other skilled trades.