I read the following headline in today's Crain's. Question for the forum. Do you see this happening, meaning do you have friends still having difficulty finding work? Do you hear of people getting raises?

Firms struggle to fill jobs at entry level
Offers of higher wages, incentives on table

The region is approaching a labor shortage — one that is only going to get worse, experts predict. There is also evidence that the tightening labor market is starting to push up entry-level wages even as activists pressure for higher minimum wages and major companies make a splash of raising their pay scales.

Last week, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Starbucks Inc. announced they would raise pay for its lowest-paid employees. Starbucks plans to raise pay 5 percent to 15 percent for its roughly 150,000 employees. Chase plans to raise pay for 18,000 employees from $10.50 per hour to between $12 per hour and $16.50 per hour.

That's great news for workers, but for many employers, rising wages are exacerbating the already thinning labor force.
Last week a I read about a resort restaurant in Harbor Springs having to close because it could not find employees.