At TRSA’s Human Resources Committee Meeting in May, TRSA President & CEO Roger Cocivera offered an overview of labor-supply issues titled “Labor 2006 and Beyond.” Cocivera’s address conveyed a sobering message. In essence, he said that we are now entering an era of the greatest labor shortage in American history. This shortage could have a profound impact on the textile service industry. 
 
Labor market forecast
 
Cocivera cited an estimate from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—the most comprehensive source of labor statistics—that by 2010, our nation’s economy will require 10 ...