Originally Posted by hallb
But it's not like the mexican laborers just showed up and started working yesterday. This has been a slow replacement over time. It was gradual and they were cheap when the shift first started. Now they've basically taken over this whole segment are there are not many whites/blacks doing this type of work. This wasn't an overnight thing, it was a deliberate push out of American labor.



True. I was working in Madison mid to late 80s and working on building a subdivision in the middle of cotton fields. A framing crew was doing our dry in and they’d been in Texas. Were run out of there cause couldn’t compete with prices. The Mexicans would live in the houses as dried them in and those projects were huge. Stan said no way they could compete. Kind a wonder if he’s still building in the Huntsville area. They were the first ones we’d ever seen using nail guns.

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