Russia faces record 2.6 million worker shortage amid war recruitment

Russia faces record 2.6 million worker shortage amid war recruitment

Russian companies ended 2024 short of 2.6 million employees, a record high, the pro-state publication Izvestia reported on May 12, citing an analysis by Russia's Higher School of Economics.The deepening labor shortage reflects growing strain on Russia's workforce as the Kremlin aggressively recruits men for its war against Ukraine.The shortages are sharpest in manufacturing (391,000), trade (347,000), and transportation (219,000). Employers in t…

Agriculture faces severe labor shortage

RALEIGH — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped business leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head up the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an initiative that isn’t really a department but could do some good — as long as its…

According to figures agreed at the end of 2024, Russia would need 2.6 million workers to overcome its labour shortage, which is particularly marked in the industrial, trade and transport sectors.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said this Tuesday that between 50,000 and 60,000 people...

Russian companies lack 2.6 million employees.

Agriculture Faces Severe Labor Shortage

By John Hood RALEIGH — Recessions hurt. North Carolina’s headline unemployment rate hit 11.2% during the peak of the Great Recession in 2010. During the COVID-era Great Suppression of 2020, it briefly hit a mindboggling 14.2%. During such times, we pretty much all know someone who’s out of a job, even if we’re not. And […]