I cannot speak to the construction industry but can tell you about the food processing industry.

When I worked for a major animal processing plant they had a 100% turn around of personnel every year.

Of that number the immigrants were the ones who stayed while the Anglos and African Americans were the ones who rotated out with regularity.

I trained with line workers (I was an industrial chaplain) and a number of folks dropped out when they toured the facility and then dropped while working on the lines.

Regularly when overtime was offered the Hispanics offered to work it. When the line would shut down early the Hispanics asked for extra work to get more hours.

Part of the problem is that we have bread laziness and inefficiency into our folks letting them think that they do not have to work to earn a living.

One of my members works for a contractor and is represented by a union. He said one of the problems with is union is that it uses LCD to make the standards. Lowest Common Denominator.

Now understand I do not endorse moving work off shore and overseas to make the bottom line. Where I live most (or should I say all) the mils and fabric processing lines have closed and the companies have shuttered many many factories.

But we also are the culprits, we want everything at the lowest price possible. We are willing to spend the least to get what we want.

The top brands of cars bought on the clunkers rebates were mostly foreign. Now everyone has touted the reliability and quality of foreign automobiles. However recent surveys have found that a number of US manufacturers rate very high.

So often it is a perceived problem not a real one.

So before we start making snide comments let us make sure we are not also part of the problem.

Stewart




At 04:20 PM 11/26/2009, you wrote:

Of course the "won't show up" excuse is dishonest nonsense. These
dishonest employers want to employ the "Mexicans" because they can pay
them substandard wages, give them little or no benefits, and demand
that they put in extra time off the clock. Sometimes they don't even
pay the wages that are owed. To keep this on topic: a few years ago M$
was sued over their labor practices, not as bad as those in the
construction industry, but plenty despicable.

Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL  SL 82


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