Puerto Ricans Recruited To Plug US Labour Shortage
2,135 views · Published 8 August 2018 · 9:58 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Journeyman Pictures · 2018 · News & Politics
Plugging America's Labour Shortage: Many Puerto Ricans are travelling to mainland America to fill the country's labour shortages, leaving behind an island mired in economic crisis. Workers give their viewpoints from the "Las Vegas of the Midwest". Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures "Uncertainty is never a great business plan. And that's what we found with the visa programs”, says Jeff Serifried of Branson, Missouri's chamber of commerce. He had 2,000 hospitality vacancies to fill following tighter immigration caps. An island-wide recruitment campaign wooed 400 Puerto Rican workers to work in hospitality in the town, leaving behind an island with 10% unemployment. "It worked out for us. 100%", says one worker. For more information, visit https://www.journeyman.tv/film/7402 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Visit our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/JourneymanPictures/ Say hi on tumblr: https://journeymanpictures.tumblr.com/ PBS Newshour Weekend– Ref. 7402
