There is an overwhelming amount of work out there, and there isn't the labor force to keep up with it.

Now you have to pay a good framer $30 an hour if you want to keep them.

Some left town and some are repairing their own homes.

We absolutely do not have the unskilled labor force necessary to do the work that needs to be done. An increase in legal immigrant workers is vital to our rebuilding.

The competition for labor is critical. Connecticut has never looked beyond its own border for transportation issues . . . the work force is moving north and further away, and we need to find ways to connect them.

It's a statewide battle. When businesses started to hire back, we see a corresponding increase in the labor force. It makes it hard to bring down the unemployment rate.