Britain opens up visa rules as it wrestles with critical truck driver shortage (Devin Braden)

Britain opens up visa rules as it wrestles with critical truck driver shortage

The Washington Post -Karla Adams

Britain opens up visa rules as it wrestles with critical truck driver shortage (msn.com)

    This news story is about the labor shortage that is currently occuring in Britain, and how this move will hope to delay a possible string of shortages and supply chain crisis as Christmas approaches. This is an important move considering the move itself contradicts past moves. Accoring to the article, Prime Minister Boris Johnson reformed the immagration system in January 2020 to help cut the amount foreign labor was that was present in the British workforce. The idea was to create a workforce and economy that was primarily made up of British citizens. Fast foward to the current state of the workforce, they are allowing 10,000+ visas to help bolster the trucking and poultry industries. Chicken and fuel are among the shortages British citizens have been subject to in recent weeks. The timing of the move is based around Christmas approaching. The visas appear to be the short term solution to the labor shortage, but many  believe the influx of cheap labor will stop the advancement of British citizens' pay and workplace rights. A similar problem is happening in the United States due to people not wanting to work labor intensive jobs for little pay. Many industries are suffering when it comes to finding employees. It will be interesting to see how maybe we don't understand how important foreign labor is to keeping the economy moving. Foreign laborers are willing to work for a fraction of the pay of domestic laborers, and it creates little desire for domestic laborers to want these jobs. This reminds me of people in the United States saying foreigners are taking jobs from hard working Americans, but most times the jobs the foreigners take are the jobs an American would never want to do. Britain is finding why an all domestic workforce doesn't necessarily mean the economy will benefit. I would love to see how badly the United States economy would falter if cheap and foreign labor were removed from the country.