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When they start demanding equal pay, there will be no reason for them to be hired. Their buddies at the Chamber of Commerce, the Wall Street Journal, the meat packing plants, the landscapers, and the construction businesses will tell them to get lost.

DING DING DING DING DING! We have a winer!

If employers are forced to pay illegals the prevailing wage, then the incentive to hire illegals evaporates. Toss in stepped-up enforcement, and it's definitely not worth the hassle.

Love or hate unions in general, we should be cheering for this effort -- it would be a potent disincentive for businesses to hire illegals, whether that's what the union intended or not.

[Skywalk]

it’s not JUST the prevailing wage but also the fact that being in a union makes you harder to fire or cast aside if you get hurt.

The whole reason you hire an illegal is that they toss these guys aside if they get hurt because they know La Migra is one step away if need be. They also are a more compliant workforce (wish they were so docile away from their jobs sites) than any American force would be and again, a union changes that.

I share your sentiments here, although I’d still rather try the Thompson plan of attrition.