Pittsburgh's Looming Worker Shortage

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The trend has some people worried. "A silent crisis threatens the prosperity of Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania," warned a report done two years ago by the Center for Competitive Workforce Development at Duquesne University. "A declining and aging population places at risk the stability of the region's work force and opportunities for economic progress."

More than 16 percent of Pittsburgh's population is above the official retirement age of 65. By 2012, southwestern Pennsylvania could face a shortage of 125,000 workers - about a tenth the size of today's labor force, according to the Duquesne University report.

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