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Americans Are Crossing Into Mexico to Look for Better Jobs

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NOGALES, Mexico — Armed Mexican vigilantes are patrolling the Mexico-Arizona desert border region to prevent crossings from the USA into Mexico by Americans seeking a better life.

Pedro Lopez, head of Mexicanos No Gringos, which has set up surveillance posts along the desert crossing, says, "Americanos try to get into Mexico to take our good jobs, buy cheap tequilla and gas, find putas in Juarez, escape Bush's dictatorship, and they send our pesos back to their poor families in Idaho."

Lopez twirled his mustache. "They never learn our language and eat white bread instead of tortillias!"

Fred Jones, an undocumented resident of Mexico City, who entered the country from the USA in 1989 and picks tomatoes at a local farm said, "My children were born here and are legal Mexican citizens! We reverse ******* are planning to stage huge protest marches throughout Mexican cities to become legal citizens of this great democracy, We work hard and take jobs the Mexicans won't do, like run motels and operate convenience stores."

Art Candell

 

Now...last year you said you had over 30 years in the trucking industry...a "retired" driver I believe you said.


So...yer one busy "old" guy huh ???


Joymax is right about the "outsourcing" of "Tech" jobs to India (Microsoft was leader of the pack on that one)...just as Customer Support job's have been outsourced to India. The airlines tried to outsource their reservation offices to India, but found it to hard to replace the system that they already have in place. Signal Offshore Services was successful in bringing 300 "India-n" steel workers to Orange TX last year (under the banner that there were no workers available. And they weren't wrong...nobody was willing to work for Signal, as a welders helper at $9.45 an hour, when they could work someplace else for $19.00 an hour).
To supply those workers with "secure" housing, Signal constructed a barracks system, much like is used on Offshore Platforms. Each "room" has a kitchenette, living room, bathroom and bedroom. Signal also supplies those workers with meals.

I saw a new billboard along I-10 when I headed out this trip....Signal is advertising a starting wage of $20.35 for general laborers. I wonder what they found lacking in their "imports".

 

Our media feeds on fear, fear sells it keeps people tuned in.

 

Yes I had 30 years in the Electronic Industry (see note below). I also started driving a tractor trainer in 1963. And I've been retired for about 2 1/2 years. All three statements are correct. I don't recall me ever saying I drove for 30 years.

What I did do is started driving when I got out of high school and while driving went to school and got my BS. Then went into the electronic field in field service. After about five years I was hired as a jr. design engineer and advanced to a senior engineer. I worked in electronic field until 1990.

I then went back into trucking and drove OTR until I had a stroke two days after Hurricane Katrina when I was delivering bottle water. At which time I was forced to retire.

So to recap.

1963 - 1967 -- driving & going to school
1967 - 1994 -- working in electronic
1994 - 2005 -- driving OTR
2005 - present -- retired

NOTE: So if you want to be picky I only had 27 years in electronic as a hired employee. Not the 30 I stated. However, I was involved in electronic since 1958 when I got my ham ticket.

I hope that puts your mind at ease.

kc0iv

 

kc0iv,

A lot has changed since you were in techland. The outsourcing is real. the demand for H1B's to import what they cannot outsource is real. The demand for tech jobs is shrinking rapidly.

Back to my point. If there are no jobs or the job market is shrinking so that you won't have a job when your done with school it doesn't matter if you have a PHD and are a rocket scientist. No jobs still means your unemployed, underemployed.

I realize what your reading and hearing, but it just doesn't line up with reality. Those are the facts.

I couldn't agree more with Joy and some of the other posters here. Some of us are a little closer to all of this and have recent experience and know what is happening. We see it and/or have/are experiencing it.

The campaign is underway now in trucking to import drivers. Regardless if there is a shortage or not your going to hear that there is one(just like your still hearing about in computers/tech jobs). And when you start to see drivers here losing their jobs or working for 10-15 cpm due to wage pressures from import drivers then maybe it will start ring true what people are trying to say. Maybe then some of the things we are trying to say will ring true.

Longsnowsm

 

I spent 7 year managing stores and I can tell you as a matter of fact that you just can't pick ten people of the street and have them stock shelves effectively. there is some skill involved and it is very labor intensive and yes if you stock shelves improperly you can injure someone. I have filled out enough accident reports and sat in court enough to attest to that fact.

your comparing apples to oranges.

trucking is not considered a trade. I'm not downplaying the value or the skill involved but anyone with good driving habits and common sense can learn to drive a truck.

 

First, I never considered trucking a trade.

You can't find 10 people off the street and have them stock shelves effectively?

I have worked at Kmart, Wamlmart,Sears, PK Lumber you name it back in the 80's(more than 7 years off and on). It took about 15 minutes for somebody to train me how to stock shelves. In all those days i probably trained 30-40 maybe more on how to place products on a shelf. I do not recall one person having and difficulty learning how to do so. Yes i have seen people fall and injure themselves that happens everywhere, and a few people too short to reach some spots and you have a few faster than others but DAM, SKILL INVOLVED?? I strongly disagree .

I also was a machinist and learned how to machine angles and use trigonomentry to figure unknown angles and read blueprints so I have been on both extremes.

You have unskilled labor, semi-skilled labor, and highly skilled labor.

Trucking would be considered semi-skilled labor. A Tool Maker or Mold Maker is a highly skilled labor. Stocking shelves would be considered unskilled labor.