A win for the common people

[SunsetBengal]

(06-20-2024, 03:05 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Labor brokers would be the same as staffing services correct? If so, I've always thought that was some BS where in some cases they take up to 30% of a workers wages. Anyway, this is unethical behavior and I hope they hit them hard.

I've got an example. One of my brothers in law got on working to build large solar farms. The company with the contract for the projects is from out of State, their contract reads that a significant percentage of the labor used on this project must be residents of Ohio. So, the company was using these staffing agencies to supply the Ohio workers, and paying them around $19/hr with no real benefits to speak of. They do the same work as the union guys, who start out at $34/hr. It took over a year and a half for my brother in law to fall under the good graces of one of the company supervisors and get hired onto the actual company and invited to join the union.