One solution would be to make nursing more attractive. However, a recruitment program in the 1980s did this and created an oversupply of nurses. The Strike is Over Full Summary Boeing engineering workers have returned to work after a six-week strike that crippled the delivery of airplanes. Not Apples Full Summary Teachers' pay is lagging behind that of other college-educated professionals. The gap is increasing.
Teaching is less attractive.
The result is that school districts are hiring teachers with inadequate qualifications. After decades of decline, union membership rose in 1999. It was due to unions putting more resources into organizing workers, and unionized employers expanding their workforces. The Army is experiencing a shortfall in recruits due to the tight labor market in which private sector employers are giving similar benefits. The economic boom of the 1990s is improving real incomes.