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Originally posted by dzrose93
Rudey, you're a smart guy. You're pretending to be dense about this to get a rise out of me. But I'll play along and spell it out for you a bit more...
Most of the legal American workers who work in the fields that are needed most in NO (mostly construction) are happy where they are. Guys up here in Atlanta aren't going to drop what they're doing and head down there for $10, 12 or $15 an hour (which is quoted in the article as being the going rate for the illegal workers) because they're already making that here. There's no incentive for them to make the move.
My point is that the companies in NO could up the pay to attract legal, skilled construction workers. Or they could offer training to unskilled people in the area who are interested in working. They could send a flyer or a recruiter to local colleges and offer training and sign-on bonuses for Christmas and spring break temporary workers. There are alternatives.
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At one point you say the workers aren't American in NO because the Americans already have jobs and live somewhere else.
Later you admit, that the workers can exist outside of a group where they all have jobs and outside of other cities
And your ideas on attracting local talent into the construction biz are great, but I have a couple questions. What city in Mexico has trained their citizens to work in construction and then to leave to be an illegal immigrant? Do the illegal immigrants find their jobs through flyers and recruiters at colleges in Cancun?
-Rudey
--We don't know each other well enough for me to want to get a rise out of you btw.
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