Posted on 03/31/2006 11:36:38 AM PST by doug from upland
A Body Blow To Illegal Labor? Court rulings and legislation could change the game for companies such as Mohawk It could soon be high noon in Calhoun. The town of 13,000 tucked away in the northwest corner of Georgia has been reshaped during the past decade by a huge influx of Latinos. The big draw: jobs at Mohawk Industries Inc. (MHK ), the town's largest employer. The $6.6 billion carpet maker employs 32,000 workers in all, 4,000 of them in Calhoun and surrounding Gordon County. Once staffed largely by whites, Mohawk today has a workforce made up substantially of immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries. The lure of $7-an-hour work has helped lift Hispanics to 12% of Gordon's population today, up from less than 1% in 1990.
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I don't ever pray for people to have bad luck, but I may not be able to help but smile should I learn you've been laid off in favor of an illegal.
If it happens, I will let you know. But I am not afraid of a little competition.
those busses are used to haul the baby chicks from the hatcheries to the poultry farms they haul the illegals in 15 passenger vans
Most likely those roofing companies are paying cash and thereby EVADING several payroll taxes that American companies have to pay, plus I'm sure they know that even if they pay their workers minimal wages the other costs of living will provided by taxpayer $ so it's a double whammy against those of us still trying to do it right and that's why these construction co's, etc. will fight to the end to keep up the charade.
IMHO the unstated purpose of "Guest Worker" program is to obtain data on Employers.
Rush made a very interesting point today about illegals who were hired in Nebraska a few years ago by the meat packing industry. The INS did its level best to enforce the law only to be met by unified opposition from the industry and the state's congressional delegation, particularly including Senator Hagel. The result was the enforcement action was dropped and the INS director at the time was forced into early retirement. If this is the case everywhere, then law suits like this might be the only way the law, whatever it is, can be enforced.
Come on, folks, put the pressure on employers. Call nearby restaurants and car washes. Demand that they prove to you they do not hire illegals or they get no more of your money.
Here is part of the script.
1. Hello, my name is Doug (no, don't use Doug...use your own name) and I hope I am going to be able to remain a customer.
2. I have made a decision that I will not patronize a business that hires illegal aliens.
3. I hope you are going to be able to guarantee to me that you do not hire illegal aliens. How can you assure me? (they will give an answer)
4. Do you verify the Social Security number -- SS fraud line is 800.269.0271. What else do you do to make sure you are obeying the law?
5. If you discover you have hired an illegal alien, what will you do about it?
When you are done with a call, give us a report. I am working on the way to confront a business that I am absolutely sure is hiring illegals. I think I want to do something like give them a 30-day warning and then all hell is going to break loose on them.
The citizen whose SSAN is compromised can face a big tax problem when it's discovered. He can owe income taxes on the phantom income reported to SSA by the illegal.
The Social Security Administration is coming around. There was a case recently in which a kid's SSAN was used by an illegal for over 15 years; then, when the kid began working, he got socked for taxes. IRS and SSA are now pursuing the illegal and his employer; the illegal has been arrested on a tax beef.
The feds knew it wouldn't "do" to go after a teenager who was about two years old when his SSAN was filched and abused by an illegal immigrant.
That is good news. Can you find the source for the story?
I remember (barely) some of the horrible decisions he made back then. You gave me some background to put them all in context.
It's hell to be middle-aged. Memory, vision, everything gets shakier.
Sorry.
I understand. Congrats that your wife made her citizenship.
This is an interesting example--new house being built next door to us. I have built a few houses in my time so I carefully watched as THREE times the framing for the roof had to pulled off because the Hispanics d/n know how to read the blueprints. Finally, the plywood is on the roof and it is time to shingle it. The house is to have architectural shingles. There is a certain way to putting up architectural shingles--the Hispanic roofing crew d/n know how to do it properly nor were they able to read the directions on the shingle wrappers. Today, four years later, the owner has a roof with the shingles in the gutters, on the ground, in our yard and who knows where else--the contractor is no where to be found. Of course the 25 year guarantee on the shingles was voided because they were never correctly applied. This was not a job done well.
Now back-up seven years, a new house being built to the east of us--same construction company as the previous paragraph. Gorgeous home, architectural shingles, brick construction--no roof problems--I think you can guess the nationality and professionalism of the roofers.
And that's why I specifically said "get the job done just as well". This obviously was not the case in the situation you described. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for.
Yeah DFU!!!!
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