Prime Minister Gaston Browne says Antigua and Barbuda is facing a labor shortage as a result of rapid economic growth and increased construction activity driven by foreign investment.
“We have a shortage of employment in a number of sectors—the hotel sector, the construction sector. We are actually importing construction workers now because we can’t find enough skilled labor.”
Browne noted the scope of upcoming developments and said the labor force is struggling to keep pace.
“The problem we have now is labor, in terms of the physical labor to build out these projects.”
He pointed to the national housing programme as one area directly affected.
