From strictly the construction field (an area I have experience in) these are what are dirty pool:
Working unskilled labor to do trained jobs (shoddy work, leaves stuff the house owner finds years later)
Total disregard for safety laws (Mexican gets hurt? Fire him. Get another one)
Hiring without any background check (Theiving from houses under construction is rampant, and is 99% construction workers according to police reports.)
Under paying/violating agreements (Mexicans can't sue, no legal rights as illegals)
Rampant drug use among workers (dutifully noticed by just about any deputy working the burbs here.)
Companies don't care. As long as they get a guy that works for $5-$8/hr and that house gets built they don't care. If your foundation cracks in your second year, that's your problem.
Not saying that it's automatically better but the two best crews I've seen had no illegals. They were paid better, and the quality of their work was beyond question. When they made $20/hr the best men in the biz tried to get on that crew. Owners made a little less but the quality of their work was such that the repeat business made up for it.
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Date: 2008-08-28 03:49 am (UTC)From:Working unskilled labor to do trained jobs (shoddy work, leaves stuff the house owner finds years later)
Total disregard for safety laws (Mexican gets hurt? Fire him. Get another one)
Hiring without any background check (Theiving from houses under construction is rampant, and is 99% construction workers according to police reports.)
Under paying/violating agreements (Mexicans can't sue, no legal rights as illegals)
Rampant drug use among workers (dutifully noticed by just about any deputy working the burbs here.)
Companies don't care. As long as they get a guy that works for $5-$8/hr and that house gets built they don't care. If your foundation cracks in your second year, that's your problem.
Not saying that it's automatically better but the two best crews I've seen had no illegals. They were paid better, and the quality of their work was beyond question. When they made $20/hr the best men in the biz tried to get on that crew. Owners made a little less but the quality of their work was such that the repeat business made up for it.