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Keep the dream alive
his month’s cover story is about immigration, a topic I know is near
and dear to the hearts of many of you. There’s an element of generosity
in the stories of hoteliers providing employment for refugees from the
wars in Afghanistan and Ukraine, but the emphasis is on the practical
need for comprehensive immigration reform.
America needs workers, but why?
Really, it’s more that the hotel industry needs workers, particularly because so
many had to be laid off during the pandemic. An interesting data point found in
this month’s cover comes from the American Hotel & Loding Association, which
found that, while the industry added 1,200 jobs in April, the current number of
hotel employees nationwide, 1.92 million people, is nearly 200,000 people short of
February 2020 levels.
Kevin Carey, AHLA’s Interim president and CEO, said hotels are doing what they
can to attract and retain employees, including enhancing wages, benefits, and
flexibility. Still, there remains a shortfall that provides an open door to immigrant
workers.
There has been a persistent belief by many that one reason for that is that
immigrants are willing to take jobs citizens don’t want. A 2020 survey by the Pew
Research Center found that 77 percent of adults believed undocumented immigrants
mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want.
More recent research from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls the dynamic
affecting the American labor force “The Great Reshuffle.” The hospitality and
food service segments hae seen the highest quit rates, and those workers are not
returning.
“While quit rates remain high, hiring rates continue to outpace them as many
workers have been transitioning to other jobs in search of an improved work-life
balance and flexibility, increased compensation, or a strong company culture,” the
chamber said in one article on its site.
In a day of increasing use of remote work, it may be that hotels will become more
and more reliant on temporary immigrant workers who still don’t have that option.
At the same time, take comfort in the idea that you may be putting those temporary
workers on the path to permanent residence within the American dream.
Edward J. Brock, Senior Editor
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