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In my state, roofing crews are usually Latin American immigrants viva la Mar 28 #1
A significant number working for cash with few benefits and no UIA or Workmans Comp protections MichMan Mar 28 #21
I can imagine how many hazards there are-- viva la Mar 28 #27
Who employed the people in Baltimore ? MichMan Mar 28 #2
Yeah, you would think infrastructure work would employ those who are here legally. LeftInTX Mar 28 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Mar 28 #18
They were employed by Brawner Builders, a local contractor for Maryland. LeftInTX Mar 28 #23
According to this post, at least one was undocumented MichMan Mar 28 #25
Hard to say, because there are numerous steps in the process LeftInTX Mar 28 #26
our house was roofed by Hondurans . lynintenn Mar 28 #3
The Amish do most roofing and construction work in this part of Ohio nt doc03 Mar 28 #5
Same here where I live in Northern NY RSherman Mar 28 #8
How often do Amish use child labor. They did in our neighborhood. we can do it Mar 28 #15
They run a lot of puppy mills around here MichMan Mar 28 #22
They Replaced Our Barn Roof RobinA Mar 28 #24
Roofing jobs are messy - no matter Retrograde Mar 28 #28
immagrints have always done jobs that we dont want to do. AllaN01Bear Mar 28 #4
Of course they were, they ALWAYS are when the work is dangerous, low paid, NON union a kennedy Mar 28 #6
To put it even more simply mercuryblues Mar 28 #7
The people who bdamomma Mar 28 #9
We even ridiculed American citizens who worked in CA during the Dust Bowl RSherman Mar 28 #10
There's bdamomma Mar 28 #30
As always malaise Mar 28 #11
Their problem is non white people JI7 Mar 28 #12
Yeah! "THOSE people, who are lazy and don't want to work... Wednesdays Mar 28 #13
And to those a-holes who want to blame this on Biden I have this to say: GreenWave Mar 28 #14
They likely were government contract workers and were likely here legally. LeftInTX Mar 28 #17
They were filling potholes MichMan Mar 28 #19
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Not sure I would define filling potholes as "riskier" work EX500rider Mar 28 #29
The person quoted in the article RSherman Mar 28 #31
If the bridge is that flimsy, why are cars even allowed to drive on it? MichMan Mar 28 #32
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