A day without an immigrant means there are now 39 people without jobs - FIRED!

I take it you've never owned your own business. What did these employees say to get themselves fired? That's right. It's what they did (skip work) and not what they said. They made a political point at their boss's expense. He passed that expense back to the striking employee. Keep waiting for that unicorn to fart sunshine.

 

That's why it is unfair to not enforce our immigration laws--it essentially creates a new class of slaves.

 

I knew it was going to happen so I planned for it. I told my guys that I would not punish them if the participated. Like I am going to fire a skilled worker for one day. That would be pretty stupid on my part.

 

Do you hire illegals?

 

The Day Without Immigrants protest was a flop. Someone posted a source reporting there are about 25 million immigrants employed in the US, but most of the protests featured just a few dozen or maybe even hundreds in scattered cities.

We should appreciate there are lawfully employed immigrants who've secured visas and complied with procedures successfully integrating with the economy, then there are millions more who crossed the border illicitly, disregard the law and work illegally. The vast majority of immigrants in the US are of the latter sort, they hold low paying jobs, can be easily fired and cheaply replaced with other undocumented immigrants, these are the people who didn't protest, the maids and gardeners, dish washers and busboys, fruit pickers and sheetrockers.

These millions of undocumented immigrants working illegally do have a tremendous impact, their work artificially holds down the prices we all pay for basic goods and services, you couldn't get your car hand washed for $20 if the washers were making minimum wage, having your lawn mowed, hedges trimmed, weeding and cultivating a couple of flower beds blowing and hauling the debris will run you at least $100 a week, only if you use an illegal immigrant, to get this done by a licensed and bonded gardening franchise is double that with an extensive fee schedule for different materials and specialized tools.

We all employ these unlawful workers to save money, what we need is a system that enables employers of entry-level unskilled workers to hire them at competitive rates without the costly fiscal obligations of mandatory healthcare, paid leave and equal opportunity regulation. The undocumented work is possible because the cost of full regulatory compliance is too high, just look at a construction worker at a government project and one working on a private home; all those reflective vests, helmets, gloves, boots, goggles, harnesses and related paraphernalia on the government project workers cost a lot of money, they have to be allowed the time to take it all off and then put it all back on for every break and at lunch, they must be supervised, require a union steward and have apprentices. These sorts of things add costs, the government pays for this because they've no concern over the expense, if you were the one paying you'd save money "hiring local".

 

A right for employees to not come to work and still keep their job?

Some people have absolutely lost their marbles. If you don't like the conditions of the employment then don't sign the contract. (*)(*)(*)(*) off somewhere else.

 

I thought Obama had already apologized to the entire world for us.

 

Nice try, Orwell. Fired for ditching work.

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Irrelevant. You have no say over someone else's business.

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Absolutley if the government can prove the employers are in violation of the law.

 

Your First Amendment Right doesn't include the right to not have repercussions for using that right.

 

Here in KC the "protesters" all gathered for a rally that lasted well past 6:00 local time.

If they truly wanted to protest, they could've worked, and then gone down to the site. Or gone down early, and then gone to work. But the real reason was a an opportunity to party and sell weed.
One of the folks I work with sent his wife down to the rally with a roll around cooler filled with Coronas, she made a killing at $5.00 a pop.

 

No not knowingly. I have had to let some guys go when it turned out they were. Funny thing is they just went to another company and were working the next day. Also it wasn't just illegals who participated in the sit out. Some construction sites were like ghost towns that day. Our branches in Texas only had a few crews go out that day out of over two hundred employees.

 

Nice to know. I had a contractor do a deck job for me. The California State License Board showed the guy was a one man show, yet the day he showed up, it was with a crew who couldn't speak a word of English. I took some discreet photos and when the job was done, I turned the whole thing over to the IRS for potential tax cheating and ICE for potentially hiring illegals. Turns out he was a BIG tax cheat. At that time the IRS had a 10% bounty on tax cheats. When all was said and done I got enough from the bounty to buy a nice used bass boat and trailer. Then his problems only began with the ICE. I recommend doing the same with any contractor who shows up with workers who aren't on the permanent payroll.

 

Isn't selling liquor without a license illegal in America? Where were the cops? They could have busted the entire crowd of lawbreakers.

 

At least now we have a definite hierarchy in Trump's America: Trump>Alt. Right advocates like Milo>Russia>businesses that don't openly support refugees and trans rights>fetuses>the law>everyone else. Any employer who fired an immigrant taking part in the protest should be prosecuted.

 

This isn't France. This is America. The immigrants aren't in a legal union that says that they can take time off to whine about being in America.

 

Employers are under no 1st Amendment obligations.

How do Leftists not know this?

I thought they were supposed to be so much "informed" and "educated" than everyone else.

These degenerates failed to show up for work and an employer has ever right to dismiss them for that.

Certainly an employer can exercise digression but, honestly, why the hell should they here?

The entire point of not showing up for work was to "stick it" to businesses by making some sort of grand "a day without immigrants" message.

These degenerates wanted to show business what it would be like if they weren't there.

Well, businesses showed them what it would be like.

They were replaced.

Maybe these clowns will keep their bigotry in check at the next place they work.

 

You kind of have to feel for them, kinda! They were more than likely prodded by some silly Libby telling them it was their God given right to protest! Now they have no job, the Libby can't even compensate them with anything other then a hug and a tear

Hopefully it's 39 people that just learned Libby's are not to be taken seriously anymore!

 

They were fired for not showing up or calling in, something most are required to do. They put their ideology over their families welfare. By the way what was accomplished? Zero, zilch, nada, no one cared outside their bubble and lost their jobs because of it. Wonder how many regret their actions? I'm willing to bet most. Of course the organizers are safe with their employers.

 

That's hilarious It's called a "No call, No Show" and if the company likes, termination. The event was devised to inflict financial damage to companies, employers and inconvenience customers and for that reason alone immediate termination. Actually if it had interfered with public transportation, emergency and law enforcement it could have fallen under Home land security laws.

 

No call, No show. Not a single thing to do with "first amendment rights". You get fired for that.

 

I'm curious, what would the charges be? Enlighten yourself read right to work laws.

 

With more illegals. Why isn't this employer in jail?

Indeed, there is no desire for companies to change their ways to get bottom dollar for workers!

Too bad companies do not fear getting themselves jailed because they are the people who are actually hiring the illegals in the first place!

Nothing changes with Trump and the Republicans. Illegals know need to be quiet while employers keep hiring illegals and these companies make big profits screwing American workers!

 

How many American workers are screwed because the left refuses to crack down on the people who are illegally replacing them and doing their jobs?

 

WOW, thirty some days in and need immigration laws already? Obarry after eight years and talking turd during two election campaigns never kept either promise either time! And now the libby's are jacking Trump 30ish days in, every day is comedy gold

 

How the (*)(*)(*)(*) is not showing up for work under the First Amendment?