Around here, non-English-speakers. In a year, I have not run across an English-speaking crew.
In fact, one of the sites in the tech villa here is being picketed because the construction company is paying 50% below standard wages. In fact, they are being investigated for paying below minimum wage.
The Union crews are out doing an investigation and they have a one word answer when you ask them what they are looking for.
I'll give you three guesses as to what group of people likely makes up the majority of those crews, and the first two don't count.
I'll give a hint: A normal law-abiding person cannot accept a job at sub-minimum wage.
Who will be doing maintenance on all the new homes?
See above answer.
Who will take care of the retired boomer's?
See above answer, along with H1-B nurses.
I was a hod carrier and have worked loading trucks in union shops, do you think all the silly rules about who could touch what or who gets trained lead to non union companies being created and work moving form union states to non union states.
The crying of grocery workers over paying a small portion of health care is another example of how unions have screwed up their workers and the system. The headquarters makes their employees cough up the money, but go on a strike that few will recover from lost wages. When back at work they leave empty shelves and stock missing because it is too much work. The cost of their work rules makes it harder to make a profit but who care the union leaders get a strike and workers are reminded of why they pay out those dues. /sarcasm off
What do you mean by "standard wages"? Would that mean "union wages"? If so, that is price-fixing, pure, plain and simple. Let's face it, unions hate competition in the labor marketplace and they will get violent when protecting their price-fixed wages.