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Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff
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He can hire other Magats. They will do the job even better!
My Dad did construction for 40 years. Even before the companies started hiring a lot of immigrants, it's hard to find roofers.
It's a hard to find people with the knowledge or ability to learn - that are also not afraid of heights and have the coordination to not fall off and the attention to detail to not make the conditions for other people to fall.
Plus it's a horrible job. My dad was also a general contractor, and where we live is very hot and dry in the summer. I remember, as a kid, seeing roofers on top of a house in 100+ F heat, mopping hot tar; I thought that must be the worst job there was. When I got older and started working in aerospace, when my boss would say he needed someone to do some unfun task, I'd always volunteer because I'd be thinking, "this is so much better than mopping tar on a hot roof."
I'd take a tar mop in the summer over the winter any day
I used to work outside in -10F regularly. Far preferable to 100F.
Its easier to get warm than cool.
Try -20F, and soaked in sweat. Winter flat roofing sucks
Diesel tended to gel much past -10. But tree climbing doesn't offer much wind protection, either.
Our rule was to never sweat if it could be helped. Layers.
A good rule, it just can't really be helped on a flat roof. Whether you're swinging a mop (which we tried to avoid in winter; keeping the tar kettle hot can be a challenge) or torching rolled roofing, the hot-cold-hot-cold is unavoidable, nevermind the physical exertion. I'm glad I got out of that shit.
Tree climbing, eh? Arborist?
Used to be, anyways. Didnt make the jump to starting my own company and got sick of making others wealthy.
But no Amuricans want to do back breaking labor for only $5 an hour, and without healthcare or three weeks vacation. Where am I supposed to find new labor to exploit so cheaply?
It’s not even want it’s can’t afford to.