Penta Superintendent Ed Ewers addresses the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments general assembly about workforce issues.
Penta Superintendent Ed Ewers addresses the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments general assembly about workforce issues.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic did not create the current labor shortage in Ohio or much of the country, it certainly exacerbated the problem.

At the April 25 TMACOG general assembly, a panel of four work-force-centered officials addressed issues facing employers today and likely into the future.

Russell Mills, senior director at the Bowling Green State University Center for Regional Development, ki…