Posted on 05/23/2009 6:45:34 AM PDT by Brilliant
...Burmese refugee Cho Aye traveled 60 miles from Nashville ...to take a place at the head of the line outside Shelbyville's state employment office. The next day, the office was to take applications for $9.35-an-hour jobs processing chicken at the local Tyson Foods plant. Directly behind Ms. Aye...were 16 more Burmese refugees...
Farther back in the line, marked by orange tape and monitored by police, locals like David Curtis seethed. "This is the worst job I have ever applied for," said the 31-year-old welder... Eyeing those ahead of him, he added: "I'm very annoyed foreigners are taking jobs that Americans need."
American workers -- who for years have largely avoided fruit-picking, office-cleaning and meat-processing shifts -- are increasingly vying for these jobs with immigrants, creating flashpoints in places like Shelbyville...
The rising friction has been on display at the employment center here. When Tyson put out an earlier call for applications, in February, shoving and cursing broke out between locals and immigrants...
Now such plants are reporting a surge in applications from U.S.-born workers, says the American Meat Institute... Outside Phoenix, a metropolis that helped define the recent building boom, college-educated Americans are applying for jobs at the JBS SA beef-processing plant...
The battle in Shelbyville reflects not only American workers' reversing fortunes, but also the shrinking opportunities for many immigrants. President Barack Obama and leaders in both parties have said they hope to vote on comprehensive immigration reform. Lawmakers who take a strict line on illegal immigration, such as Texas Rep. Lamar Smith and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, both Republicans, have said legalizing undocumented workers would hurt American workers during an economic downturn...
Tyson countered that hiring Shelbyville residents first "would be discriminatory and in violation of equal employment law," according to a letter...
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
[locals like David Curtis seethed. “This is the worst job I have ever applied for,” said the 31-year-old welder... Eyeing those ahead of him, he added: “I’m very annoyed foreigners are taking jobs that Americans need.”]
If those who voted dem are in this line, they are getting the results of their foolish choice of this past and evil election.
He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind.
You are correct - voting for the Dems has brought this influx of immigrants. It seems that suddenly there are no jobs that Americans “won’t do” and they are realizing the results of their folly.
On the other hand, if these folks are here legally, they have every right to apply for these jobs along with anyone else.
What would be so wrong with adopting a rational immigration policy in the United States like that?
Yet look at the numbers of unskilled people that we take in. Let's meet our own needs first and then attend to the needs of the rest of the world.
The GOP didn't offer a distinct choice regarding amnesty - McCain was as pro-amnesty as Obama.
Wait till the unskilled immigrants come from Cube. That will be hilarious to Obama. He'll have legitimate U.S. citizens competing for LESS for even more “scorned” jobs. I'm telling ya, he want the U.S. to be a third world country. Whoever makes more will be taxed to death and the “wealth redistributed.”
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Jobs they once scorned or jobs Our Elite Masters told them repeatedly that they scorned?
The redistribution of wealth is a myth. When those who are smart enough to become super-rich leave this tax heavy nation, there will be no wealth to distribute. There will be many, many poor, and we will have a dictator. The conservatives better get on the ball with these elections and tell everyone what this is doing to the nation.
Utter BS!!!!
Whiner! Just wait, if the Obama economic changes ALL take place, you might have to look to Mexico for better.
But W said Americans wouldn’t do these jobs. It’s ironic that his crashing of the economy proved otherwise.
We do have a policy like that, but it isn't enforced by our corrupt politicians.
I’ve had some bad jobs in my life, the worst was washing out used milk cans full of maggots so they could be reused. During the summer the rotten milk, maggots, heat and flies made the job difficult. Other jobs were just as bad but this was the worst.
During GW Bush's term, AMERICANS REALLY WOULD NOT DO THESE JOBS. It is only now that citizens are very grudgingly willing to do these jobs.
Frankly, if I want to hire someone, I would prefer that they like the job they are doing as opposed to thinking "this is the worst job I've ever done". Illegals are still probably better employees for these jobs (because they are happy with these jobs) even if they pay taxes.
if we are to the point where a skilled welder cannot find work in his field we are in deep doo-doo.
That is really untrue of most east asian (oriental) immigrants. However, for the anti immigrant citizen, hell will freeze over before they open the door to the dirty yellow people despite the fact that they assimilate well.
It is ALL attitude. If you want to have money to pay bills, then work. And, if all you can find is _____________ (fill in the blank), then that's what you need to do ... cheerfully. I'm doing it right now in a job. My boss likes me and takes care of me even though the pay is low. I'm grateful for the job and am able to meet expenses. If you refuse to do it, then someone else will step in to do it and you will resort to robbing someone or getting into some kind of trouble that will lead to jail. That is not an option for me.
I would like to point out that this reporting does a pretty good job at presenting the facts. However, a little investigation into the fact that some of those immigrants were illegal might be appropriate. Why no action by police? What is the town’s policy on illegal immigrants? The mayor and city council talked with Tyson, what did they have to say about illegals and whether or not the city pursues them?
WHY JOHNNY CAN’T WORK [Why isn’t clear to both parties in Washington?]
John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock
(MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6am.
While his coffeepot
(MADE IN CHINA )
Was perking, he shaved with his electric razor
(MADE IN HONG KONG ..)
He put on a dress shirt
(MADE IN SRI LANKA ),
designer jeans
(MADE IN SINGAPORE )
and
tennis shoes
(MADE IN KOREA )
After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet
(MADE IN INDIA )
Then sat down with his calculator
(MADE IN MEXICO )
to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch
(MADE IN TAIWAN )
to the radio
(MADE IN INDIA )
he got in his car
(MADE IN GERMANY )
filled it with GAS
(from Saudi Arabia )
and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day
checking his Computer
(Made In Malaysia ),
John decided to relax for a while.
He put on his sandals
(MADE IN BRAZIL )
poured himself a glass of wine
(MADE IN FRANCE )
and turned on his TV
(MADE IN INDONESIA ),
and then wondered why he can’t find
a good paying job in AMERICA
Second, Tyson has been voluntarily using FedGov's employee verification since 1996 so any illegal working for Tyson slipped thru the system.
Interesting that the article didn't expand on the “similar” situation in Phoenix... where you can bet that most of the immigrants would not be here legally...:^)
The “Dream Act” will ease the competition for jobs Americans won’t do.
Swift now JBS-SA was/is using employee verification. Most of the meat industry uses verification. Based on the raids in 2006, which had a lot of coverage, we have some good stats.
Between 10% and 15% are slipping thru verification and about 1% are using id theft to work. Most of the id theft is not theft of SS numbers but of green card data.
The AZ law on verification applies only to new hires.
Sure they would. Look at how many Americans lined up for these jobs after an immigration raid. And would you have said the same about picking cotton in the 1850's?
Illegals are still probably better employees for these jobs
Not after you factor in the social costs.
If I was hiring, I’d take the Burmese over the guy that considers it ‘the worst job he’s ever applied for’. He’s starting out with a bad attitude, and it’s unlikely to get any better. I’d rather have someone who wants the job.
“If those who voted dem are in this line, they are getting the results of their foolish choice of this past and evil election.
He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind.”
They’d have gotten the same thing with McCain. It’s not difficult to make a bad choice when there is no good choice.
They're deceitful..I would never hire anyone I knew lied, cheated or forged documents. Which is exactly what ILLEGALS do (and keep on doing) when they enter our country.
They can't be trusted.
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Tip: don't eat canned rice pudding.
That isn't even close to true, that is why the list of "jobs that Americans won't do" is ever expanding.
Americans will work in restaurants and they love construction and machine shops and factories and plants and even landscaping. What happens is that they get forcefully pushed out of whatever work the immigrants and illegals start absorbing.
I have many times seen areas of work where when the first illegals show up pay freezes and then drops, the illegals have a friend or neighbor to instantly fill every new empty position that opens up, the self respect of the American workers starts plunging as they now are equal to third world villagers that don't even speak English, and as the pay checks start shrinking and their buddies that haven't been effected yet start looking down on their work.
The most ugly truth of all is that the illegals in every job shut out the American worker, they create a hostile and foreign work place to any white or black that tries to keep or gain his place among a work crew that the Mexicans now own.
Look at the America around you, you will notice that no non Mexicans manage to penetrate into a Mexican work force, you may see whites and blacks try but they don't try for long.
Tyson should be raided for illegals weekly and fined the maximum until they are put out of business.
We won;t buy anything that anti american company produces.
And what is meant by "good paying job" is a job which permits the American to have a standard of living that is higher than those doing similar work in foreign countries. What law of economics would permit such a thing remains a mystery.
The economic head start that our parents and grandparents had by virtue of the freedom our country takes so much for granted has been squandered by tax and spend socialists.
We aren’t citizens of the world.
The key to prosperity is capital accumulation. For centuries, America was at the center of capital accumulation. Capitalists in other countries invested in America. It was THE place to invest. Now, capital is leaving America, due to creeping socialism, and it is going elsewhere. You can’t build an oil refinery in America. You can build an oil refinery in Brazil. If you run a manufacturing company, you build your plant near the oil refineries. There aren’t many oil refineries in America. There are a lot in Brazil. Get the picture?
If we adopt the corruption and socialism of the rest of the world, then we might as well be "citizens of the world". Our prosperity depends upon the principles that created that prosperity.
I was disheartened when none of the speakers this morning on Fox News addressed the fact that every government-subsidized car that GM sells is a tax-payer financed reduction in opportunity for Ford to sell a car.
I'm quite sure that the typical liberal doesn't have a clue what "capital accumulation" is.
Capital begins as deferred consumption. The wealth that results can then be used to purchase assets and purchase the labor and innovation of people. Only the self-interest of those who are choosing to defer consumption will cause capital to be invested.
Take away that self-interest and the investment ceases. Take away the wealth, and the deferred consumption ceases.
The Terry Anderson Show...
Terry’s guest tonight will be Jamiel Shaw Sr....
His son 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw Jr. was murdered by an illegal alien gang member who had attacked a policeman but still been released from jail 24 hours earlier. Jamiel’s Mom was serving our country in Iraq at the time..
If this doesn’t make you mad and upset, nothing about the threat of AMNESTY and 30,000,000 illegal aliens, running around with carte blanche, in our country, ever will..
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Thanks for the clarification. That first fact I missed in the article and the second fact is interesting and edifying.
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