AllieBaba
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- Oct 2, 2007
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Mexicans come here because WE DEMAND THEM.
Quit demanding them and they go home.
Hispanics work far harder than Americans. Go to the area in your town where the day laborers stand looking for work.
If there is one person other than Hispanic there he is either a preacher, a cop or someone hiring them.
We would be in a realbind if the Hispanics were forced to leave.
Who would do the work? Americans? LOL, they are too busy on disability, worker's comp, filing frivolous law suits, attending tea parties and sitting on THEIR ASS.
Look at the cheap labor!!
Latino Union of Chicago
Since 2000, the Latino Union of Chicago has collaborated with
low-income immigrant workers from Albany Park, Pilsen,
Avondale, and Cicero to improve social and economic conditions.
Need: 1/3 of day laborers will experience serious injury this year
and at least 16% will be arrested while looking for work. Due to
the economic downturn, street corners and the Worker Center
have seen a drop in employment opportunities. Newspapers report
that 250,000 Latinos have lost jobs in the construction industry
alone. Accomplishments: In the past three years, the Albany
Park Workers Center has raised the median wage from $7/hour on
the street corner to $13/hour. A written contract at the Center has
eliminated wage theft for hired day laborers.
Hmmm? $13/hr?
Are they picking crops on State Street?
Why don't you check with the companies that hire them?
"PAY:
* $10.06 per hour for field work other than harvest, or if piece rate is not being used. Basic rate of pay.
* Piece rate of $1.60 to $2.10 per 150 pound bags/4 worker teams for harvest work, estimated hourly earnings is $10.20.
* Piece rate of $2.10 per 150 pound bag/4 worker team, estimated hourly rate of $10.24.
Compensation
Salary: $10.06 per Hour
Additional Benefit Information: Housing provided to workers from outside the local recruiting area
Employment Department Job Listings
"PAY:
* $10.85 per hour.
* Corn Packing is paid at a piece rate of 55 cents per box, minimum pay is $10.85 per hour, during break-in period of 2 days.
* Corn packing bonus of 5 cents per box if worker completes the season.
* Harvest work is paid at the $10.85 per hour.
HOURS:
* 48 hours per week, worker may be asked to work additional hours, but they are not required.
* 9 AM to 5:30 PM hours are flexible depending on need, sometimes work is required into the night to meet produce orders.
HOUSING:
* Housing is provided ONLY to the workers who live outside the local commuting area at no cost to the worker. Dormitory style housing.
TRANSPORTATION:
* Transportation from the housing to the work site is provided at no cost to the worker.
* For Workers who live outside the local area ONLY:
After 50% of the contract is completed, reasonable transportation costs will be reimbursed to the worker from the place of recruitment to the work site.
* Upon completion of the contract, similar transportation expense from the work site to the the workers place of recruitment will be paid.
Employment Department Job Listings
"PAY:
* Pay is made on a piece-rate basis or no less than $10.85 per hour.
* Various varieties of fruit are paid at different rates.
PIECE RATE for Apples:
* $17 to $20 per bin depending on variety
PIECE RATE for Pears:
* $12.20 to $27.00 per bin depending on variety
DAYS & HOURS:
Monday through Saturday 7.5 hours per day or 45 hours per week.
WORK SITES:
* Hood River, OR
* White Salmon, WA
EMPLOYER ASSURANCES:
* Housing is provided at no cost to workers from outside the local recruitment area.
* Transporation (bus or car) to the work site from the place of recruitment will be reimbursed when 50% of the contract is completed.
* The employer guarantees work for 3/4th of the contract period. "
Employment Department Job Listings