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While labour shortages in the supply chain industry have been well-recorded for years, there’s been a resurgence in the labour debate since the pandemic.

The “Great Resignation” phenomenon plays a role, reflected in the scores of people quitting their jobs to reassess priorities and revamp life choices in the wake of the pandemic.

But the situation has definitely improved in the past year, with FRED unemployment data at 3.5% for July, down from a high of 14.7% in April 2020 at the ...