" We can't get enough workers" [View all]

[dixiegrrrrl]

my roofer told me this week.
He said "the Mexicans are all gone" ( remember the anti-immigration laws that several states passed?)
and the guys that agree to show, often don't. ( VERY common around here)
He sees it as "no body wants to work with their hands anymore".
Says framers and other construction skills are badly needed, that there is a lot of work this year.

Now, he is talking about all the small towns here in Ala. not the big cities,
altho for all I know, the big cities are having the same problem.
And judging from the cost of the roof I had to just put on, the pay is not bad.
He also told me he has been working steady since March, has lots of jobs lined up in 4 counties around us.
I remember last year he called me and asked if I had heard of anyone wanting a roof.

Just a report from the hinterlands, on the local economy.