Question:
Scaffold building does not require one to hold 60 pounds over their head for
lengthy periods....???... you pass the leg, frame, etc., set it and go on.
One does not HOLD the leg, frame, etc. for any lengthy period, over their head
...also notice all of these 600 H2-B visa applicants were to remain on the
ground...???
Answer:
The U.S. Department of State stepped in to halt 531 visas sought by the
representatives of a scaffolding company and its staffing firm who claim
they must look to Mexico for workers to fill their job openings. Brand
informed the Texas Workforce Commission that it could not find local
workers to fill its labor jobs. So the company applied through TWC to
bring 600 Mexican workers to Texas. Of that, 200 would be used in
Jefferson County and the remainder would be sent to other job sites. A
review of the application for immigrant workers shows Brand
representatives failed to complete all categories of required
information, including who would receive the visas. The application for.
Alien Employment Certification specifically asks for the name of the
alien seeking certification. When a Brand representative sent the
application to TWC she wrote "unknown" in name category and left the
address category blank.
Another form submitted by Brand on Sept 7 and stamped received Oct. 10
is also incomplete. In the name category a Brand representative wrote,
"200 unknown" and again left the address category blank. No corrections
were marked on this application, but it was approved by TWC and sent to
INS and the Department of Labor.
"Certification or denial is D0L's decision," said Kathy Turney, TWC
director of employer services. "We just process the paperwork, make sure
recruitment is completed and done correctly by the employer." Brand, and
Skyview had completed a block on the applications that required a
description of "efforts to recruit U.S. workers and the result." The two
requests from Brand listed seven items: newspaper ads at two area
newspapers (counted as two items), direct mail advertising with a
company in McAllen, internal job postings, internal referral program, a
training center at McAllen and working with a state employment service.
Skyview Staffing's application listed five items to show its efforts:
direct mail advertising, with the McAllen company, internal job
postings, internal referral program, the training center at McAllen and
working with the state employment agency.
Local labor leaders and sources inside the TWC say when local workers
are sent to apply for jobs with Brand, they are given various reasons
why the company is not hiring.
On Tuesday, a local worker was told that a job had shut down in Utah and
Brand was no longer hiring but that his application would be put on
file.
i work in new york with the iuoe ... construction workers here ,, at
least in some unions ,, work by hiring to contractoors through their
locals .. there are always enough ,, skilled and able bodied people
available to fill the positions that are made availableby reputable
[????]contrators ...
i know nothing of workng conditions in the great [?????]state of texas
,, the former home of our illustrious [????] president ,, georgey w..
but i would guess that it might be a RIGHT TO NOT WORK FOR A LIVING WAGE
STATE .. i would further venture to guess that ,, the aforementioned
company [BRAND] IS A MEMBER OF THE ABC ... [i have since found that to
be correct] unless in texas things have gotten that hard on working
people that anti-union construction companies no longer find it
necessary to band tgether under the auspices of the American Builders
and Contractors ..
