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My grandfather was a welder in New York City for his whole life. It is disrespectful for anybody that has never done manual labor to comment and say that it is okay for illegal aliens who snuck over our border illegally to take our apprenticeships in these trades.
It is disgusting to say "Americans won't do hard work". It is disgusting.
My grandfather was a welder in New York City for his whole life. It is disrespectful for anybody that has never done manual labor to comment and say that it is okay for illegal aliens who snuck over our border illegally to take our apprenticeships in these trades.
It is disgusting to say "Americans won't do hard work". It is disgusting.
Key point - your grandfather, but not you. There are less people becoming interested in trades skills in the US, so there is a huge shortage in those fields.
Key point - your grandfather, but not you. There are less people becoming interested in trades skills in the US, so there is a huge shortage in those fields.
This is true. I was having a conversation with a family member of mine who owns a trucking business and he told me that no one is interested in the fields of manual labor like welding or the trades. His exact words were “many young people want to be an Instagram or a tic tic star”
This is true. I was having a conversation with a family member of mine who owns a trucking business and he told me that no one is interested in the fields of manual labor like welding or the trades. His exact words were “many young people want to be an Instagram or a tic tic star”
You are all being fooled by warring illegal aliens and their relatives who have completely invaded and stolen our trade industry. They have stolen and lied to New Yorkers so much that they believe and join in with perpetuating those lies.
There was no problem whatsoever in the trades of New York City until warring illegal aliens invaded.
You are all being fooled by warring illegal aliens and their relatives who have completely invaded and stolen our trade industry. They have stolen and lied to New Yorkers so much that they believe and join in with perpetuating those lies.
There was no problem whatsoever in the trades of New York City until warring illegal aliens invaded.
No one is interested in manual labor because use of illegals as labor has driven down wages.
Scores of jobs have been decimated by illegals who will do work for pay that most self respecting American citizens wouldn't get out of bed to take a pi$$ for that kind of of money.
Pick an area; landscaping, house painting (indoors or out), "handyman", window washer, all sorts of construction, floor polisher/cleaners, janitorial services, etc.... All of it have seen wages decline because illegals and or those who will used them as labor put in low bids.
Passed a scaffolding going up and repointing work being done on a building in East 80's other morning. Every single GD person was Latino/Hispanic, work site was blasting machata music (this at 10 AM), and yapping to each other in Mexican.
It's a well known secret far as trades go unless job is federal or other government requiring union and restricted to those legally able to work in USA, tons of everything is is subbed to to guys that will hire illegals. It's the only way most of those bids make sense, they're paying half to one-third of union scale.
Lots of guys have left the trades, and their sons or other young people aren't following in those footsteps.
I paid my electrician $18K last week. I had to wait 2 weeks for him to start working. The job will take them at most 10 working days to be completed. His workers work 10 to 4pm. By 4:30 they are out the door.
I don't know why more people don't get into trades.
I am meeting with my plumber today. 2 months ago I paid him $3000 for 2 days worth of work.
If I could do it all over again I would go to school to become an electrician and form my own company.
If you are competent, reliable and professional you are making BANK in the trades!!!
Hiring illegals at home depot is like throwing your money in the wind. They are not reliable or skilled.
And sad to say many have drinking and drug problem. Good luck getting any productivity out of them after lunch.
The trade unions, at least in NYC, were also politicized starting in the early 2Ks. There became, de facto, an affirmative action initiative for many trade unions.
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