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Smerconish: If the build it, will they come?

In the former Bethlehem Steel site, Alex Bambino, an employee of JWF Industries, works on a weld on March 4, 2025 in Johnstown, Pa.

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Smerconish: If you build it, will they come?

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CNN Michael Smerconish argues the biggest problem in the labor market is not a shortage of manufacturing jobs, but the unwillingness for young men to fill them.

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