Why America has so few carpenters

Re:Why America has so few carpenters by masonic on Sunday May 22, 2022 @02:14AM (#31465361)

>The US clamped down on Mexican border crossings.

Now, the border is more porous than ever. There's plenty of labor -- go to any home improvement store parking lot. And that's just the illegal labor -- boost wages and you could recapture legal workers.

But for now, go to any construction site in California, and you'll hear only Spanish spoken between the carpenters, roofers, etc. and their supervision.

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Re:Why America has so few carpenters by seanmcdirmid on Sunday May 22, 2022 @02:30AM (#31465442)

Those people were around in 2020 (outside Home Depot here in Seattle) but are all gone now. I guess they are all just really busy rather than being deported or something.

I wouldn’t assume all or even most labor on constructions sites are illegal immigrants just because they speak Spanish, if only because the USA has a lot of legal first-gen Hispanic immigrants.

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Re:Why America has so few carpenters by Spooky23 on Sunday May 22, 2022 @10:29AM (#31468546)

So the angry man on the radio says.

Back here on earth, roofers are making $36/hr. My brother’s restaurant is paying $28-32/hr for line cooks and dishwashers.

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