Labor Leaders To Protest At TK

Governor Bob Riley Construction  As tensions continue to climb local labor leaders plan to prove a point at the steel mill in Calvert.
by Diana Lucio
Published: Wed, May 20, 2009 - 5:31 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, May 20, 2009 - 6:09 pm CST
Tensions over jobs at ThyssenKrupp continue to mount.
"This is a German Company that you got to work, you got to be local. They're going with the lowest bidder. If the lowest bidder has illegal workers that's a whole different matter," Said Mobile City Councilman Fred Richardson.

On Monday News Five showed you two workers who admitted they were undocumented yet still getting hired to build the new steel mill.
"Here there are a lot of lazy people, lazy people that sometimes don't want to work. So then that's why they bring us sometimes for that very reason. And for us who want to work, we get in on it,"Said one undocumented worker.

Tomorrow, Donnie Adams plans to protest at the plant with other members of the Mobile-Pensacola Building and Construction Trades Council.
"If you live here and pay taxes here you should be able to work there. I mean over a billion dollars in incentives was given by our local and state governments for that purpose to bring them here to build that facility and we think that's not too much to ask,"Said Adams.

While local leaders hope T.K. will make it a requirement for their contractors to use the Federal E-Verify system to check worker's documents, Mobile City Councilman Fred Richardson says they can't force them to comply.
But he says when it comes to the 2,700 steel mill jobs, they plan to hold T.K. to their end of the bargain.
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Thank you WKRG for bringing this company out in the open. I hope you are reading these comments. Ask the company why people were denied jobs while they hire illegals. There have been some excellent statements here today. True statements. I hope you follow through and something is finally going to be done about this shameful situation. I think that any company that hires illegals is a traitor to the USA and it’s people. Dig deep, find the anti-Americans and prosecute them for illegal hiring and non payment of taxes. Be strong, for the USA

Amen luckywifeandmother!! Lets take care of America before anyone else!!

Ok. Lazy? My husband and many of his coworkers who were layed off have been trying to get work on the sight for several months. We keep hearing that there are no jobs available. I wonder why. Could it be that the job we need to keep our home is been given to someone who should have never been allowed to step on to american soil. Its time to tighten the boarders and take America back.

Predatory business executives, large and small—should receive a mandatory prison sentence of at least 5 years.  Pariah employers realize that many “subcontractors” are—INTENTIONALLY ORGANIZED—to hire ILLEGAL LABOR. They persist in seeking out these “subcontractors” and use their supposed “ignorance” of the hiring practices to circumvent our law. Construction, factories, Oil Refineries, Retailers, and many others use the services of “subcontractors” to secure their “cheap labor” at the expense of United States workers.  Like always our laws are weakened to the satisfaction of corrupt entities such as the US Chamber of Commerce, ACLU. These anti-sovereignty organization are secretly sustained by grants from certain politicians, foundations such as FORD,  Our laws have—NEVER—been favorable to American workers, because parasite employers are able to claim ignorance of the law without any penalty.

They will maintain their effort to secure “cheap labor” resulting in the ILLEGALS continuing to scurry across our undermanned borders. Why should unscrupulous employers hire US workers,  when they can hire cheap labor for low wages, no health care and no benefits?  The unaware taxpayers are forced by Federal mandate to pay for all THE ILLEGAL ALIEN WORKER AND FAMILY financial needs. LEARN MORE AT JUDICIALWATCH, NUMBERSUSA. IMMIGRATION LAWS ARE NOT BROKEN, JUST NOT ENFORCED! WE NEED NO MORE AMNESTIES! So enforce the 1986 Simpson/Mazzoli bill, the Immigration Reform & Control Act as enacted. Offer your support to Rep.Shuler (D-NC)  on his gov website. Phone: 828-252-1651 and Senator Sessions (R-AL) (256) 533-0979

Well said DD.
This issue goes way deeper than immaginable, however we CAN solve Illegal immigration.

Re-BSB 1958. I agree. But they will not deport. Legal Americans are being discriminated against. This is an opportunity for all legal workers to march in front of that site. It is our turn to demand our rights. I do not live in Alabama, but this is a wide spread problem. If that happened where I live I would be marching with a sign screaming discrimination. People need to step up to the plate. Actions speak louder than words. The world is watching you. Make us proud. Good luck.

There is no excuse for hiring Illegals end of story !
The contractors who hired them should be brought up on charges and that smug little jerk needs to be deported along with all the Illegals. The sooner the better.

One “illegal” worker said he made $20.00 an hour—$40,000—a year. Tax free. Free housing-another $7,000-a year. And that is only one. We have so many unemployed. It sickens me to hear this. We are not lazy. The company should be brought up on charges. They should pay all back taxes. Their business should be shut down. The main company should also be held responsible. No more hiding behind “contractors”. Take a head count, equal numbers of African Americans, Whites, Asians, and Latinos? If not, file a discrimination law suit. Because this Is discrimination.

licensedtokill, well said. I’ve heard so many people justifying the hiring of illegal workers, saying they are better workers than Americans. Truth is, illegals are just willing to take what they can get and they don’t mind being exploited, because it’s way better than staying in their own country. There are plenty of social sponges who live off of welfare, but I’ll tell you this, I’d rather pay for an American to live off welfare than an illegal. Once they are here, they are working illegally, sending their kids to our schools and taking advantage of our health care system.

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