Good morning, readers.
When I covered the energy and manufacturing sectors in Houston, I heard a lot of talk about the approaching labor cliff, as the aging skilled workforce that manned refineries and chemical plants was nearing retirement. The problem was that there weren't enough younger workers trained to replace them, and many employees who lost their jobs in the 2015 oil downturn were gone for good, fed up with the boom-and-bust cycle of the sector.
Our top story today involves similar dynamics…
