Economics
Worker Shortage Dogs Trail King as South Dakota Jobs Go Begging
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The painter who taught Trail King Industries President Inc. Bruce Yakley to wield a spray gun, the welder whose daughter is state golf champion and the metal worker who’s careful to wear a face shield are all laboring around the clock.
That’s not enough to keep pace with demand at the truck trailer maker’s plant in rural Mitchell, South Dakota, 75 miles (121 kilometers) west of the state’s largest city, Sioux Falls. Employees plan to assemble 1,700 units this year, up from 1,350 last year.