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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Wow, no wonder they are coming to GA.  Here, they make $10 starting pay 
through temp agencies with benefits.  If they get on in a mill directly, 
they make a minimum of $12/hour, and more with shift work and overtime. 
 A lot of the mills get illegals to work nights and weekends because 
they will, so they end up with 50-60 hour weeks and lots of overtime. 
Two of my former coworkers and friends made over 70K.



Don Bowen wrote:
> > 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
> New ruralize pages, follow the link off http://www.ruralize.com
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
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