*** “Almost every member of my family is now unemployed, underemployed, or about to be unemployed” ***
Round here Roofers, Home Re-modelers, Masons, Carpenters, Electricians and Plumbers are booked 3 months out.
Concrete slab (a 2 day job) you have to wait 2 weeks and Metal Building Erectors are a month wait.
Around here, if you’re going through a company, you’re going to wait because they’ve intentionally cut themselves to a skeleton crew. The workers that they do have are working hell hours, but they won’t hire any more.
Oh! And they want to pay a master electrician with more than 10 years experience $13 an hour.