I saw some interviews at a meat packing plant in the mid-west (I'll have to dig up the reference, may take me a bit). The company made a serious effort to bring in citizens to work the line. All but 1 or 2 of the 100 or so Americans quit within a day or two, citing the hard work.
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > A few years ago, for my sociology class, I did some interviews with actual > homeless people for a paper I did. I interviewed 50 homeless men and women, > some vets, some just civilians. Out of the 50 I interviewed, 43 of them > said theyd break their back just to make enough to get a hot meal and a > hot shower and a bed to sleep in. Even if not every single night. Just a > few nights a week would be good. And out of the 43, 100% of the vets I > talked to agreed to this. The vets numbered 12. > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:54 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Because I've read enough news reports that suggest that. For instance the > > recent Alabama laws caused devastation to the agricultural harvest in > 2012 > > - while it drove out the undocumented workers it also resulted in many > > crops rotting in the fields - because the farmers couldn't get enough > legal > > workers to work the harvest. > > > http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-06-17/local/35462377_1_illegal-immigrants-poultry-workers-alabama-law > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368543 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
