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And republicans are fine with them because they need cheap workers they can abuse who will never call OSHA, that they can steal wages from, and that they can st
by x0x0 10y ago
And republicans are fine with them because they need cheap workers they can abuse who will never call OSHA, that they can steal wages from, and that they can stiff on workers comp.
For just one of so many appalling stories: https://www.thenation.com/article/immigrant-workers-are-being-deported-being-injured-job/ https://www.thenation.com/article/immigrant-workers-are-bein...
If we actually wanted to stop illegal immigration, getting serious about e-verify and levying enormous fines on employers would get the job done.
- mc32 10y agoOh for sure. But the dimming of prospects for low skills Americans may have the Repubs, with their newfound populism, find that to survive as a party they will have to look out for the derided suburban worker instead of the guy or gal who sit in corner offices.
- x0x0 10y agoI will believe it when it happens (not that I would object, the middle class needs all the help it can get). But so far, the populism looks like hokum. For just one example, Carrier was bribed to stay. And probably in a way that gets more money to the execs than to the employees. My bet is grift all the way down...
- mc32 10y agoIt ain't going to happen but I'd love to see Bernie tapped for a labor dept job. Get him in, co-opt him and have him go at the sellouts who move ops overseas to save a few bucks.