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WACO, Texas \u2013 The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce is one of 39 business organizations statewide that penned a letter to Governor Greg Abbott last week to urge him to opt out of federal unemployment checks that started last year due to the COVID-19 shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe letter essentially said that we have a problem. We have a challenge right now in the state of Texas,\u201d Chamber President and CEO Matt Meadors said. \u201cWe have businesses that are trying to reopen. We have businesses that are trying to meet demand. But we can not find workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meadors says businesses have struggled to hire workers because people can earn almost as much without working and collecting unemployment benefits than they can working an entry level job.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe find ourselves in a position now where the private, for-profit sector or the business community is now de-facto competing with the federal government for workers,\u201d Meadors said.<\/p>\n

With Governor Abbott approving the opt-out this week, the Texas Workforce Commission has been working to help Texans utilize their\u00a0resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorkforce development boards across Texas are sponsoring job fairs, virtually and in-person, to help connect job seekers with employment opportunities,\u201d Cisco Gamez said in a Facebook Live broadcast after the governor\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

The Greater Waco Chamber says they supported all the federal aids when the COVID-19 pandemic was shutting down businesses last year \u2013 but now that the state is open, they are encouraging people to go back to work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were having conversations about what we need to do as an organization to encourage federal and state action to support our businesses, and to support our fellow citizens, and to support the workers,\u201d Meadors said. \u201cThat was then, and this is now. And it\u2019s a completely different world right now, thank God.\u201d<\/p>\n

The benefits are set to end the week of June 26.<\/p>\n

Source: Google News<\/p>\n

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