Ellen Kahler: Vermont’s workforce dilemma

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ellen Kahler, who is the executive director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund. 
Vermont’s struggle to grow its workforce weakens our economy, inhibits the ability for Vermont businesses to expand their operations, and threatens the ability for Vermonters and future generations to grow and thrive here in the Green Mountains. An aging workforce, stagnant wages in jobs without career ladders, the cost of housing and child care, the opioid epi