“Go to any fire- or hurricane- or flood-hit town in America, and you’ll see the labor shortage,” says Soni. “Even if the money comes, if the workers aren’t there to repair, then people won’t be coming home.” Soni hopes to continue developing this much-needed workforce over the next decade.
As well as providing legal advocacy for resilience workers, Resilience Force collaborates with third-party contractors to ensure laborers get better pay and safety standards. The nonprofit also offers a structured certification program that gives workers the technical and safety skills to perform roof repairs and other hands-on, AI-proof jobs. Then it puts…
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