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To: LLCF who wrote (35332)	6/24/2003 2:55:25 PM
From: pezz	Read Replies (2) of 74559

<<Not true here....>> Well it takes a few years of steady work to get any good in most trades. Usually they work at becoming citizens during that time. I wuz a contractor for many years and all of the skilled craftsmen I wuz aware of were citizens (except one and he wuzn't Mexican) Highly unlikely any contractor is gonna be paying the bucks top people make under the table for more than a few days. <<If only because they don't speak the language?>> Ever try to communicate with someone who duzn't speak the same language? No foreman has the time to try that for every little task. Yeah if you just need some lumber moved around maybe. But a complex task for a skilled worker, I don't believe it. I always insisted that they speak english before I would hire'em. I learned that a response of "a leetle" meant none. I found the older ones to often be hard workers but often the younger ones had an attitude about hard work. << they do the work, and do it well. Hardly worth the minumum wage???? >> If they spoke english and worked hard (on occasion in my early years I worked right along side'em) I'd give'em double minimum. They have it tough . The hardest, dirtiest jobs, often get screwed by contractors and english speaking mexicans who would "negotiate " with the contractor for a percentage of the days pay. <..Besides they live paycheck to paycheck which is usually daily and share rent . > Meaning they wouldn't last a week inna strike. <<You mean once the jobs dry up they won't be missed by the employers, I assume.>> That's what the discussion wuz about. Who will miss'em is the relatives back home that they send money to.

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