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MichMan

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21. A significant number working for cash with few benefits and no UIA or Workmans Comp protections

Reply to viva la (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 12:06 PM

Mar 2024

Virtually impossible for a roofing contractor following the laws by paying taxes, unemployment insurance and workman's comp insurance to not get underbid on every job. Makes it very hard to compete when you are the one following the rules and others aren't

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Baltimore bridge victims were immigrants in riskier, hard-to fill jobs [View all] RSherman Mar 2024 OP

In my state, roofing crews are usually Latin American immigrants viva la Mar 2024 #1

A significant number working for cash with few benefits and no UIA or Workmans Comp protections MichMan Mar 2024 #21

I can imagine how many hazards there are-- viva la Mar 2024 #27

Who employed the people in Baltimore ? MichMan Mar 2024 #2

Yeah, you would think infrastructure work would employ those who are here legally. LeftInTX Mar 2024 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Mar 2024 #18

They were employed by Brawner Builders, a local contractor for Maryland. LeftInTX Mar 2024 #23

According to this post, at least one was undocumented MichMan Mar 2024 #25

Hard to say, because there are numerous steps in the process LeftInTX Mar 2024 #26

our house was roofed by Hondurans . lynintenn Mar 2024 #3

The Amish do most roofing and construction work in this part of Ohio nt doc03 Mar 2024 #5

Same here where I live in Northern NY RSherman Mar 2024 #8

How often do Amish use child labor. They did in our neighborhood. we can do it Mar 2024 #15

They run a lot of puppy mills around here MichMan Mar 2024 #22

They Replaced Our Barn Roof RobinA Mar 2024 #24

Roofing jobs are messy - no matter Retrograde Mar 2024 #28

immagrints have always done jobs that we dont want to do. AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #4

Of course they were, they ALWAYS are when the work is dangerous, low paid, NON union a kennedy Mar 2024 #6

To put it even more simply mercuryblues Mar 2024 #7

The people who bdamomma Mar 2024 #9

We even ridiculed American citizens who worked in CA during the Dust Bowl RSherman Mar 2024 #10

There's bdamomma Mar 2024 #30

As always malaise Mar 2024 #11

Their problem is non white people JI7 Mar 2024 #12

Yeah! "THOSE people, who are lazy and don't want to work... Wednesdays Mar 2024 #13

And to those a-holes who want to blame this on Biden I have this to say: GreenWave Mar 2024 #14

They likely were government contract workers and were likely here legally. LeftInTX Mar 2024 #17

They were filling potholes MichMan Mar 2024 #19

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2024 #20

Not sure I would define filling potholes as "riskier" work EX500rider Mar 2024 #29

The person quoted in the article RSherman Mar 2024 #31

If the bridge is that flimsy, why are cars even allowed to drive on it? MichMan Mar 2024 #32