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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 06:50 PM Original message |
Did you ever work a union job where there were undocumented workers there? |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. k&r.... |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. yes, by the hundreds |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. The recent immigrant insanity is economics, nothing more... |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. not sure |
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Unrepentant Fenian (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. 20 years as Union Carpenter, never saw one... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've never seen them in non-union jobs either so what does that prove? |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. You don't get out much? nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wouldn't know. I don't spend a lot of time asking people for their papers. |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Youv'e got it backwards. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. and when an undocumented worker cuts a finger off, they get taken to and dumped |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Wish I could hide from the ER after those bills. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. You "could" if you did not mind the ruined credit & constant phone calls |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. actually, you may |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. SEIU organized hotel workers in LA. Worked pretty well there. nt |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. The jobs you worked only hired citizens! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Exactly !!! - K & R !!! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Damn straight. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well, all I can say is they on a job I worked on last summer |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Which union did you belong to there in Silicon Valley? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Sheet Metal workers Local 104 |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. How do they work for substandard wages? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Nope never saw any of the undocumented workers of which you speak. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. Never. |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Very interesting post and thread. Provocitive, relevant, sarcastic, sardonic and sagacious! |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. UAW here. I never saw one cuz our contract banned temp labor or any type of 'day' labor. knr nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Retired dues paying UAW member in good standing for 37 years here |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. The last union job I worked - which was the job I retired from-was a terrible example. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Immigrants weren't an issue back when I worked in union jobs. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. there is racism implicit in these discussions |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. The numbers were not anywhere near the same... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. What was the unemployment rate when you were working in Detroit? |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. it varies of course |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. People are often much more welcoming to others when they themselves feel secure. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. +1 |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. AZ passed this law... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You are from Ohio. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I'm not blaming illegal immigrants... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Card check needed. |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. good point. n/t |
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