BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hiring reliable workers can be difficult right now.
And so can getting a job as a person with disabilities.
So a service provider called NYS Industries for the Disabled (NYSID), along with The Arc Erie County, has found a solution.
“Our team, we don’t leave nobody behind,” Hector Brito said, an employee of Austin Air in Buffalo. “We always work together. If somebody is falling behind, we try to help them out… I never feel left out.”
Hector Brito works on the production line at Austin Air, helping assemble their air filtration system. But tomorrow, he could be somewhere else in the facility… spot welding or packaging. He’s been trained on it all.
“I like to be challenged… to learn new things,” he said.
A year ago, the largest air cleaning manufacturing facility in the world, located in Buffalo, was having trouble finding reliable people to work their line.
“It’s definitely hard to find employees for sure,” Stacy Malesiewski said, the marketing director at Austin Air.