From Kansas. From first hand experience people don't want to work in those jobs. Work at a printing company and we have had several open press operator position

From Kansas. From first hand experience people don't want to work in those jobs. Work at a printing company and we have had several open press operator positions for a year or so that start at $25 and get up to ~$35 over time and pay 100% of you HC premium, all you have to be is mechanically inclined and competent. Zero applicants. People don't think these jobs are resilient (we focus on small orders than ship in 2-3 days so we have to be stateside) or are not willing to work. I've suggested either recruit straight out of HS and offer some level of tuition reimbursement at the local CC or go immigrant or non-violent offenders out of the county jail. We've also seen some food processing plants derailed [1] over how it would impact the community [2][3] and xenophobia. [1] http://www.cjonline.com/news/business/local/2017-11-20/tyson-foods-picks-tennessee-not-kansas-300-million-chicken-complex http://www.cjonline.com/news/business/local/2017-11-20/tyson... [2] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kansas-town-rejects-tyson-chicken-plant-1600-jobs/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kansas-town-rejects-tyson-chick... [3] https://www.npr.org/2018/03/19/595018875/somali-immigrants-have-abandoned-kansas-town-after-bomb-plot https://www.npr.org/2018/03/19/595018875/somali-immigrants-h...