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But Western Europe (EU) has the benefit of temporarily importing cheap East European (Romania, Poland etc) under skilled workers to do the heavy lifting.
by bnt 6y ago
But Western Europe (EU) has the benefit of temporarily importing cheap East European (Romania, Poland etc) under skilled workers to do the heavy lifting.
- burntoutfire 6y agoAren't there like 10 million illegal immigrants in the US who serve similar function?
- theptip 6y agoPresumably not for public contracts.
- xyzzyz 6y agoIn NYC, the labor law requires paying "prevailing wage", which NYC decided is $100k+/year. See https://comptroller.nyc.gov/services/for-the-public/nyc-wage-standards/wage-schedules/ https://comptroller.nyc.gov/services/for-the-public/nyc-wage... No wonder that all public projects are so expensive.
- Xylakant 6y agoWestern European Countries usually have a law in place that labor brought in for these contracts has to be paid the same wage as local labor.