Well, it was definitely declared a success by organizer Elias Bermudez, executive director of Centro de Ayuda (Center of Help).
Some roofing companies were crippled by the boycott. An office worker who answered the phone at Catalina Roofing and Supply in Phoenix said none of the company's 160 roofers showed up for work Tuesday. At San Tan Roofing and Superstition Carpentry in Gilbert, half of the company's 150 roofers and 400 of its 700 framers didn't show up for work, Chief Financial Officer William McGlothlin said. McGlothlin, for example, said he had no intention of firing workers who participated in the boycott. "In fact, we are hiring," he said.
Jorge Rivas, 26, who earns $110 a day as a roofer, was among the hundreds who stayed home. "We are trying to stop the anti-immigrant laws that they are introducing against us who don't have papers," said Rivas, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.
1. These companies sound like they are well aware of their workers being illegal aliens.
2. I have trouble believing that no Americans would do roofing at $110 a day.
So, now we know not to do business with Catalina or San Tan Roofing, and we should make sure they are dropped from the bid lists of any patriotic contractors as well.
Ever been on a roof in Az in the summer?
Catalina Roofing and Supply in Phoenix
160 roofers
San Tan Roofing and Superstition Carpentry in Gilbert
75 roofers and 400 framers
560 illegal aliens are available for a sweep arrest.
Call 866-347-2423