What worker shortage?

In yesterday's AJC (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) (June 10, 2014)

p A2. Businesses tell Congress they need lower-skilled immigrant labor to ensure the workforce they need

p A9. the number of working-age people with jobs is barely over 6 in 10. the most significant factor is unemployed workers who just drop out of the job market after one, two, or three years of looking for work and not being successful. ... And they are disproportionately older workers. We have a large number of older (unemployed) workers who are not old enough to retire, yet they are facing discrimination in the workplace and found it nearly impossible to get another job.