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["Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

> Those coming to CA don't "grub for dirty work."  They make lots more
> than
> $7/hr.  Their fake IDs get them construction and landscaping jobs that
> begin, at minimum, $10 and go upwards to $30 plus an hour.

Some but far from most.  Most wind up doing stoop labor in the fields,
picking your organic greens, often paid by the amount picked, rarely above
the minimum wage.  Gardeners (the mow, blow, and go type) make upwards of
$10 an hour but many of the larger companies have the people on contract and
pay by the job.  Until recently many were in the construction trades.  Ten
years ago a framer with tools made around $25 an hour, at the height of the
boom two years ago a framer with tools made around $20.  Most crews were
heavily illegals and paid in cash.  The guys hanging around looking for day
labor are lucky to get $8, good pay is $10 an hour with a meal.

Don Bowen  KI6DIU
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