Just how serious is employment law to the small
businessperson? Very serious and let me tell you a true story; a horror story,
which will make you think about just how serious these issues can be. In San
Antonio TX one of our wash trucks was driving down the road and a border Patrol
Officer passed them. We run a company which does onsite washing;
www.CarwashGuys.com. Down the road they pulled over two trucks and were
handcuffing Mexican illegal aliens from those company’s work trucks. Our crew
drove by on their way to work. They had just left the shop and had on board two
workers who worked for Labor Ready Co, for a year and a half previously and were
still employed from them from time to time. We had gotten extra workers and
filled our service truck with workers who were temporaries to work for us since
they needed extra help with the full schedule that day.
The border patrol officer was then done with the other companies’ trucks and
saw we had Hispanic labor in the back and pulled over our truck after chasing it
down the highway. Turns out Labor Ready had hired the illegals because they gave
fake identification to them; I question the Labor Ready procedures. Labor Ready
charges us $11.95 per hour for workers they pay $5.40 per hour. That is fine
with us on those super busy days. So it’s a deal and saves us from background
checks for jobs that are not too serious like rinsing car lots. Well we found
out that 4 of the five workers we had gotten from Labor Ready did not have green
cards or US Identification of any type, so they cuffed them right on the highway
and took them in. Good, we do not hire illegals anyway. But think about it we
hired labor from a reputable nationwide company, a franchise called Labor Ready.
They take care of all this stuff and charge us up the gazooo for the workers.
We know they are overcharging but for temporary extra labor for one day it is
worth it. They told us there are certain questions they cannot ask them when
hiring, such as are you a US Citizen or where were you born or things like that.
I cannot believe we have laws in the banking industry called “Know your customer
laws” yet in employment we have no “Know your employee laws”. We have an
unspoken don’t ask the employee anything except when can you start and explain
the type of work. We have laws in banking so we catch money launderers and those
who are working hard to not pay taxes they owe.
So it is okay for the government to enforce those laws through private
enterprise, but it is not okay for employers to ask questions to protect
homeland security and save themselves from embarrassment. Of course in this case
it is not a crime to hire someone who gave you false information, and we cannot
collect damages from a company who followed the employment laws? So what the
hell do we do here? We want to help enforce the law as well, so do all true
Americans. But we have so many laws in place that keep us from helping the
situation.
Incidentally the workers who were handcuffed called us at 7 am morning
two-days later and are ready to work and asked what time to meet. They were
picked up at 9 am hand cuffed and stamped and deported that day. They were back
in one day ready to work within 2 days. Some border patrol we have, what a
complete joke; protecting America, me ass? Why not implant a homing devise in
these illegals and track them by satellite and find out the leaks in the system
and plug them; Homeland Security or Homey Land of opportunity. You step up
border patrol and catch these people and document on a board the number of
deportees, yet they come the day back into the country. This is a true story you
can call me for more information.
We have half a notion to go to the border patrol and give them free truck
wash every morning and ask them to run the workers records and remove them from
the crew. Eventually the yellow truck will be known for not hiring illegals. A
few weeks of that and every one who comes to work for us from Ready Labor will
know it. Is this what we have to do to plug the system? Can’t the border patrol
guys figure it out; then we will? If you cannot enforce our borders then open
them. But do not lie to the small businesses of America that somehow we are
protected at our borders. We are not. This is a sham. Didn’t the Jordan
Commission spend years putting together a plan only to have it never
implemented? Why did we waste or breath? This is pure politics, not reality;
another of Smoot’s points in his book “The Business Side of Government.” One of
the workers asked to work for us again and he wanted to borrow the twenty
dollars he spent for the bus ride from Laredo to San Antonio. Even the illegals
think this is a joke. We told him he could not work for us anymore. He did not
understand why, because other businesses would have I guess that is why he was
dumfounded when we told him to get lost. We called the border Patrol and they
said they could not pick him up unless we knew for sure he was illegal. We said
well you picked him up yesterday is he suddenly legal now? Can you prove it? No,
all we can prove is your system does not work and that Labor Ready is doing an
injustice to its customers, stockholders and this country by not enforcing the
laws of our land; the same laws, which have provided economic wealth to them
over the years. Are they doing this all over the country? Yes.
The manager of Labor Ready said they did not like the laws either, but they
needed to make a living and the companies need workers. So does this mean that
Labor Ready who has offices all over Texas never disclosed this to their
stockholders or customers? Yes it does, which is a gray area at least and a
violation of disclosure law at best. The truth here is that no one cares. We
make rules to appease the masses who vote for these things and tell the people
we are saving them from terrorists. What about terrorists who are dark skinned
and speak Spanish? What if a Middle Easterner spoke Spanish and was a terrorist
and told the others he snuck over the border with he was from Argentina, they
would not know either. And the business owner would hire them through a temp
agency, who was making money off the business owner pointing to employment laws
and said, well they had fake paperwork not my fault. Maybe it is not the border
patrol’s fault but shunning responsibility does not save us from the next
attack.
Either we are worried about the next attack or we are not. I want someone to
call me from the INS or Border Patrol to discuss this and I want a satisfactory
answer or we will take this true story and document it and send it to the media
one day before we send it to all the Congressmen and Senators. If we are not
worried about terrorists then tell us. If we are, then fix the leaks. Why does
it take 10 years to fix problems, when international terrorist groups only wait
3-5 years between acts? Good question worth answering and with all the BS and
rhetoric we are seeing opposition from the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and
Hispanic Politicians. With 65% of the population of San Antonio Hispanic who do
not want these laws at all, then extend the Mexican Border to include San
Antonio TX as a free zone. Why not make it all of Texas and we can then defend
the borders of Texas, which can be a free zone with Mexico.
If you are just going to give it lip service and not fix the leaks of
illegals then open the borders and forget it. This is pathetic. We know how to
enforce the borders and we give out fines to businesses who do not comply, yet
allow free entry by anyone who can walk. I am surprised we have not made ADA
mandated border crossings for those in wheel chairs or are asthmatically
challenged. Put in 1 foot per 1 inch inclines over the Rio Grande for those in
wheel chairs and then nice sidewalks all the way to Washington D.C. so they can
have a baby and run for Congress or become a radical speech writer and proponent
of mass demonstrations and riots. You think I am kidding don’t you. I am serious
all this is so fake and such a ridiculous waste of breath and tax payers money.
End of Employment Law, Part I
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