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.

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

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.

We wanted to streamline our work force and be better able to meet our customers' needs. Most people coming here from other bases were quite surprised that we had two separate clubs because that's not the Air Force standard any more.

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.

The labor force remained constant. There weren't a lot of changes.