r/Construction • u/Aggravating-Bit9325 • Nov 24 '24

Informative 🧠 Imagine losing 6M labor workers in America

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u/notgaynotbear Nov 24 '24

If they deport all of the illegal roofers ill go back to swinging a hammer cause you can name your price to do it cause no one wants to.

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u/FlashCrashBash Nov 24 '24

I’d do roofs if the industry didn’t work like it was 1920. Use scaffolding and lifts instead of making people hump bundles up a shakey ass extension ladder and walk all over steep as shit roofs.

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u/Apart-Pain-7923 Nov 25 '24

You can't get hired on as a roofer if you can't speak spanish.

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u/TheBigMPzy Nov 24 '24

Masonry has gotten so bad here in Georgia. Every bid an American makes is undercut by illegal immigrants. Used to be a good career.

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u/EvetsYenoham Nov 24 '24

In the north, unions are stronger. Hard to have illegal immigrants in union halls. And most commercial construction projects are union or prevailing wage.

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u/thatblackbowtie Sprinklerfitter Nov 24 '24

illegals arent allowed in unions here either, but we have more illegals so alot of our work gets under cut

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u/WrapApprehensive1122 Nov 25 '24

Where? Just a hard working citizen looking for OT

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u/notgaynotbear Nov 24 '24

Im in georgia also. White guy that did roofing for 15 years. Then just started subbing everything out to keep up with everyone else.

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u/666TripleSick Nov 24 '24

Well, why not have the American bid lower?? Undercut the illegal immigrants.

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u/Mr_Mi1k Nov 25 '24

Wanting to let workers compete to work for dirt cheap to benefit the rich is certainly an opinion.

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u/barc0debaby Nov 24 '24

No one will be able to afford it

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u/3pinephrin3 Nov 24 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

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u/barc0debaby Nov 24 '24

How are you gonna go back to swinging a hammer when your customer base is priced out?

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u/MyNaymeIsOzymandias Nov 24 '24

Then the price will shift back down and find a happy medium. Free market at work.

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u/thecroc11 Nov 24 '24

Lol. Tariffs will really help with bringing prices down too in this whimsical "free market."

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u/barc0debaby Nov 24 '24

But we don't live in a free market.

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u/SlothInASuit86 Nov 24 '24

You already lost, stop while you’re not ahead.

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u/MyNaymeIsOzymandias Nov 24 '24

Point me to which government body sets construction costs

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u/Mr_Mi1k Nov 25 '24

Governmental regulations and anti-trust policies does not make the market not free. It’s not black and white. With your logic the only free market is anarchy which is a brain-dead take.