Hell hath no fury.....like Union bosses scorned...

From here:

Four supervisors for Fischer Homes were among 80 people arrested Tuesday as part of a two-year probe into the use of illegal immigrant workers in the home construction industry in Northern Kentucky.

The supervisors were charged with hiring illegal immigrants. The other 76 persons arrested were charged with being in the United States illegally.

In rhetoric very seldom heard as of late from any immigration enforcement agency, the I.C.E. states:

In a statement released late Tuesday from Washington, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which led the investigation, issued a harsh warning to employers.

"ICE has no tolerance for corporate supervisors who harbor illegal aliens for their workforce and deny labor opportunities for legitimate American employees," said Julie L. Myers, the assistant secretary for the agency.

"This enforcement action demonstrates how we will use all our investigative tools to bring these individuals to justice, no matter how large or small the company."

In an age when it appears that government agencies are doing all they can to not stem the flow of illegal immigration, where did that rhetoric come from?

Perhaps this passage from the story holds a clue:

The men performed skilled labor such as framing, drywalling and roofing, according to court documents. One attorney said they were paid $7 to $10 an hour, significantly below the average wage for such work.

According to the Carpenters Union, union carpenters averaged $20.45 an hour in 2000, and nonunion carpenters averaged $13.51. Union drywallers averaged $17.93 an hour in 2000, and nonunion workers averaged $12.19. (so much for doing the work Americans won't do...)

Illegal workers can do farm work and clean hotels.  But when they start taking union jobs, all bets are off (as would be the Union contributions to politicians who choose to do nothing about it). 

So if it takes union thugs to finally convince government to do something about illegal immigration, should we start unionizing all jobs?

Just a thought.



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