Sarah Buxton & Dustin Degree: Expanding labor force is essential

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sarah Buxton and Dustin Degree. Buxton is the director of Workforce Policy & Performance at the Vermont Department of Labor and a former Democratic member of the House of Representatives. Degree is special assistant to the governor and director of workforce expansion for the administration. He is a former Republican state senator. Together they lead Gov. Phil Scott’s Interagency Workforce Expansion Team.
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