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28. Roofing jobs are messy - no matter

Reply to RobinA (Reply #24)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 04:39 PM

Mar 28

how careful the workers are! We had a garage re-roofed the fall before the pandemic, and I'm still finding pieces of old shingles and the occasional nail.

The people who painted our house (Spanish speaking, probably either from Mexico or of Mexican descent) piled their stuff all over the yard, including numerous extension cords, power washers, a microwave and 11 ladders (why three people needed 11 ladders to paint a one-story house I do not know). But when they were done they took everything away and left the yard is better shape than it was before.

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Baltimore bridge victims were immigrants in riskier, hard-to fill jobs [View all] RSherman Mar 28 OP

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

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 28 #20

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