According to
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12885261.htm
of 2005 Oct 13
Undocumented immigrants flock to jobs on Gulf Coast
...
Lured here by the promise of fat paychecks and an emergency
federal decree temporarily suspending immigration-enforcement
On 10/3/05 6:52 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know what you are saying. Electricians in NO make $22.09 /hr. This
is comparable with Houston and is a fair wage for skilled electrical
work in the commecial enviroment here in a Southern city. Compare that
with the $40.00/hr
On 10/3/05 6:30 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fortunately the original purpose has prectically no relation to DBAs
current purpose, now that racism is no longer in vogue.
I'm still not all that hip on the it was conceived for the wrong reasons,
but now it's OK line of thinking.
On 10/3/05 11:49 AM, Gibson Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Given the topics covered I'm going on my merry way knowing you disputed
very little of what I put forth. As I find my morning unexpectedly
free of responsibility I can turn some attention to this and I'll
respond to what you deemed
Mathew,
Given the topics covered I'm going on my merry way knowing you disputed
very little of what I put forth. As I find my morning unexpectedly
free of responsibility I can turn some attention to this and I'll
respond to what you deemed worthy.
On Oct 2, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Matthew and
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 10/1/05 7:54 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Good enough, you are not completely clueless as I imagined.
Normally I am just called just another asshole engineer. I'll
take
completely clueless anytime! :)
But you do need to understand the
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 10/1/05 8:18 PM, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If $9/hr isn¹t going to attract skilled labor, isn't the absence of
a low limit going to keep them away in droves?
You may have to pay people more than the prevailing wage to get down
there. DBA sets
- Original Message -
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Action Alert: Ensure Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims!
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Having a hammer doesn't make one a carpenter
Mr Bos,
Apologies up front everyone for my surly nature, but I'm in a foul mood
these days. To coin a term w/o casting aspersions, I do not suffer
fools gladly.
Politics is too important to be left to politicians - else we are ruled
by our lessors. What could be more political than GwB
Gibson Jonathan wrote:
Here, start educating yourself:
http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/
Global+Competitiveness+Programme%5CGlobal+Competitiveness+Report
You know, it helps a bit if the URL isn't split between two lines
http://tinyurl.com/2zmss will get you there (and
On 10/1/05 8:18 PM, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If $9/hr isn¹t going to attract skilled labor, isn't the absence of a low
limit going to keep them away in droves?
You may have to pay people more than the prevailing wage to get down there.
DBA sets the wage in a locality. I just
On 10/2/05 2:46 AM, Gibson Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Excuse me, but what about this Davis Bacon wage act is racist?
Just what is your definition of racism?
The American middle class didn't grow large until wage/union rules were
enacted under the New Deal. In case you haven't paid
At 01:22 PM Sunday 10/2/2005, Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
Favorite tool? Porter-Cable reciprocating saw with a Lennox 12 inch carbide
tipped fire and rescue blade. To paraphrase the movie Johnny Dangerously
This thing can cut through schools...
Matthew Bos
If it could cut through red
On 9/30/05 10:16 AM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Today I wrote a letter urging my member of Congress to sign on
to legislation reinstating the wage protections enshrined in the
Davis-Bacon Act. Two hundred representatives and 30 senators
have already signed on. These numbers are
On 10/1/05 6:40 AM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So..you know absolutely zip about the construction job market,
right?
Speaking of rational thought, why don't you learn something about the
subject before you start spouting off.
Oh wait, conservative...never mind!
I might
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 10/1/05 6:40 AM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So..you know absolutely zip about the construction job market,
right?
Speaking of rational thought, why don't you learn something about the
subject before you start spouting off.
Oh wait,
On 10/1/05 1:01 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have one question for Matthew:
How many framing crews (by percentage) in your area are NOT at least
half illegal Mexican immigrants?
Zero. It's probably different in Texas, I know. I'm in Michigan, and I
know things are
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 10/1/05 1:01 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have one question for Matthew:
How many framing crews (by percentage) in your area are NOT at least
half illegal Mexican immigrants?
Zero. It's probably different in Texas, I know. I'm in
On 10/1/05 2:52 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Without the prevailing wage stuff in place for LA (or TX construction,
in the wake of Rita) there will probably be MORE people illegally
working on the construction, because it'll be easier to haul them in and
pay them less. (Not
- Original Message -
From: Matthew and Julie Bos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: Action Alert: Ensure Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims!
On 10/1/05 6:40 AM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote
At 06:54 PM Saturday 10/1/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
You can see the switch on the wall and the light fixture it serves,
but you do not see the wiring or the skills and work that put it
there.
Umm . . . not true of everybody.
(I know how it works. I can, and even have, done some small
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Action Alert: Ensure Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims!
At 06:54 PM Saturday 10/1/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
You can see
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Having a hammer doesn't make one a carpenter any more than having
funbags makes one a mother, n'est'pas?
Funbags?
I haven't heard *that* one very much! :)
(There's only so many people they can be fun for at any given time.)
Julia
who has a hammer and is
At 09:45 PM Saturday 10/1/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Action Alert: Ensure Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims!
At 06:54 PM
I am deeply troubled by the president's decision to suspend the
Davis-Bacon Act in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The
Davis-Bacon Act requires federal contractors to pay workers the
average or prevailing regional wage for public construction
projects. In New Orleans, that wage is just over $9
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 9:16 AM
Subject: Action Alert: Ensure Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims!
I am deeply troubled by the president's decision to suspend the
Davis-Bacon Act in the aftermath
At 04:19 PM Friday 9/30/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
I did this 3 weeks or so ago on the IBEW website. This is pretty
important people!
I had to reread that to realize that there is a comma
missing: originally I parsed it as a somewhat grammatically
incorrect statement that IBEW members
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