Did you ever work a union job where there were undocumented workers there? [View All]

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I have worked union jobs since I was 16 years old. My first job was as a union stock boy at Jewel Food Store. Then I worked at a union factory for 30 years. I never seen anyone who wasn't a citizen working at these places.

Why do you think that is?

There was nothing to gain by hiring anyone who wasn't a citizen at these union jobs. Except trouble. Had to pay them union scale and benefits regardless. So these unionized employers never had immigration agents coming in looking for undocumented workers there. Because there were none. And they knew that.

Now at the other non-unionized factories around here that was a different story. Raids going on all the time. Every week at some of them. And they always carted someone off.

One thing is constant. If people keep choosing to not unionize and continue scabbing off of someone else, its a guarantee that before long your employer will find someone else to work a little cheaper than you and begin scabbing off of you too. That is a promise.

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