Plumbers. Electricians. Carpenters. As baby boomers age into retirement, fears abound that skilled labor jobs will go increasingly unfulfilled as newer generations shy away from the jobs many of their parents had. Soledad O’Brien speaks with Paul Iversen, of the Labor center at the University of Iowa’s about who – and what – is needed to close those gaps.
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