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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