Illinois pizzeria owner begs for help as future of workforce hangs in the balance – By Talia Kaplan , Grady Trimble (FOX Business) / January 31, 2022
Michael Okun says he’s having trouble recruiting employees despite offering incentives, federal aid fading
An Illinois pizzeria owner said on Monday that he is begging for help as the future of the workforce hangs in the balance while business owners deal with labor shortages and government funding comes to an end.
Joanie’s Pizzeria owner Michael Okun argued on Monday that people are “still getting government funded money” and noted that even though he is doing everything he can to incentivize workers, he is still having trouble recruiting employees.
Okun told FOX Business’ Grady Trimble that he has been shuffling workers around all his different businesses to stay open, stressing that the situation is “so tough right now.”
“What we’ve done is cross-trained,”Okun told Trimble during a live interview on “Varney & Co.” on Monday.
