For Tim Galbraith, the skilled-labour shortage can be measured in the sum of lost contracts this year.
The CME’s annual labour survey of 563 manufacturers in 17 industries found that almost two-thirds have lost or turned down contracts and suffered production delays because of a lack of workers. “It is [a concern],” said Danies Lee, CEO of NextStar Energy Inc., the electric-vehicle battery-cell plant being built in Windsor.
“This is the first time our quality manuals [for workers] are in two languages,” English and Spanish, said Jonathon Azzopardi, president of Laval International, a tooling manufacturer near Windsor.