A few articles have pointed out that Trump’s contractor paid his workers “under $5” but, if you look at minimum wage at the time, $2.90 in Jan ‘79 and $3.10 in Jan ‘80, the wages seem to be fair. And back then, it wasn’t unusual on a rush job to work 10hrs a day x 7 days a week. In fact, if you watch the show about the Alaska crab fleet, some occupations still do to this day - and don’t pay over time. The biggest part of the story is the union wanted over a million in ‘union dues’ for the polish brigade, and used the FBI to try to get it. (I think that was reduced to a 300K settlement and I doubt the Poles got a cut).
Some people think, oh, the contractor brought in day laborers instead of using American workers. There were American workers on the project, too. Only a small segment of the construction sector are skilled in demolition of buildings and removal of heavy debris (and I guess the Poles were good at what they did because nobody was reported as being hurt). People from other areas, still recovering from the ‘76 recession - and with a new recession looming - probably wouldn’t have left a good job in the Carolinas or Nevada for a 120 day job in NYC.
Trump made a mistake by not riding closer herd on his contractor. He made reparations. The court case was sealed. I don’t think there have been any similar labor issues with Trump. So I, personally, am not going to try a businessman a second time for the entertainment of some lawyer turned absent politician who was just discovering popsicles at the time this all happened - 40 years ago.
As to the original question about who Rubio would employ, we only have to look at his brother in law.
In 1980 I was making $16K a year humping sheetrock in BFE. If workers on a high rise in NYC were being paid less than $10 an hour that is criminal