struggling with manpower = we are to cheap to raise wages.
Yeah, I bet raising their prices to the new market-clearing price is NOT anathema to them, yet grapsing that labor is also a market, well, that’s another matter entirely....
We aren’t raising what we are charging either.
I explained our reasoning already.
This is a low population density area. We rely on being careful and maintaining goodwill with our customers.
Companies have treated employees like garbage for 30 years. First took away pensions and other benefits and even cut healthcare. Then didn’t give raises either. These companies have been greedy for decades. Time to pay workers what they deserve.