Thread: E-Verify doesn't prevent many companies from hiring undocumented workers

Originally Posted by Judy

Yeah, some of the unions got a little corrupt.

No, most have become majorly corrupt!

Originally Posted by Judy

But without that structure, workers won't fight, it's dog eat dog, it's why companies who hire a lot of Americans but also hire some illegal aliens have no complaint from the Americans at that job site, because the way they see it, if the company saves some money there, it makes their own job more secure.

So the three major car companies, Ford, GM, and Chrysler, all are run thought the same Autoworker's Union. That means all three must pay the same wages. There is no competition as to who would pay more for more productive workers. So no one (scabs) can help drive wages down.

I heard a similar story to 6 Million Dollar Man at a construction site by me where an electrician needed to move a cable. But a carpenter's hammer was laying on the cable, and he had to wait for a carpenter to come an move the hammer before he could move the cable. Union rules! Non union contractors could work faster and more efficiently than union contractors in many construction projects.

Originally Posted by Judy

That was in the 70's. When they blew up the Interstate, everyone got a big kick out of it and supported the Teamsters.

So you cheer violence?

I watched a rock quarry plant where I hauled out of, which was bought by Mitsubishi. They union voted to strike for higher wages. Mitsubishi certainly have the money to ride it out. I continued to haul out of there with most of the workers standing at the gate. One day I watched a union rep drive up in his long limousine and tell those guys who had been out of work to hang in there, they were winning. A month later, Mitsubishi locked out the union workers and only those who didn't strike still had a job.

My welder had a son who worked for a small company. He got the workers to organize and join a union. Once they did, the union ordered him laid off as they had other union member with seniority who needed a job.

Although you seem to be a Libertarian, you don't seem to embrace competition.