Omar Nashashibi is a founding partner with The Franklin Partnership, a bipartisan lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C., and a key component of PMA's One Voice advocacy efforts. In the most recent survey of PMA members, 92 percent of companies reported job openings, compared to 2014 when only 75 percent of shops told us that they had positions available. Back then, PMA would lobby Capitol Hill and the White House on the need for qualified employees-those who had defined skills. Today, however, manufacturers can only hope a person shows up for an interview, let alone makes it through the probationary period. As a result, many metal formers, with PMA support, have taken on an increased role in workforce development as they work to train, and then upskill, employees, often to only see those workers quickly leave.
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