KRDO News: Pandemic-related labor shortage causing milk shortage in some Colorado schools

October 5, 2021 8:16 PM

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) -- Denver Public Schools reports a milk shortage due to the labor shortage sparked by the pandemic.

According to officials, there are dozens of unfilled jobs in the dairy industry, including drivers providing milk to businesses, like DPS.

"All companies are looking for workers to work at that wage and do these jobs, which can not be done from home, and therefore they have to be at the site and labor is reluctant to do this," said Kishore Kulkarni, a professor of economics at Metropolitan State University of Denver.