Reply #162: Yes [View All]

[Lib Grrrrl]

There would be no shitstorm in the press. Look at how much outrage Bush has committed and the Corporate Media refuses to report it!

Hell, if they won't report about ELECTION FRAUD what the hell makes you think they would report on companies paying lower wages to immigrant americans? Besides...they wouldn't be paying lower wages to immigrant Americans...in my scenario, they would be paying lower wages to ALL AMERICANS...because the born-here Americans would not be able to demand as high wages, and remain employed...or get jobs in the first place.

What would happen is that, in order to get a job at all, I would have to lower my wage demand to the level that the immigrants are asking for.

And the immigrants would not be walking off their jobs. First...companies work very hard to keep their workers stupid about how much other people are amking. How many companies do you know that have a company policy forbidding the discussion of salaries? Every company I have ever worked for had such a policy. And it's designed to keep workers stupid.

I walked off my job because I was being paid less to do the same job as before...AND because I had been PROMISED my wages would not be cut. Well, when they reneged on thier promise, I walked.

No, I don't think the once-illegals are going to continue to act like illegals. But I do not think they have enough knowledge to know what they ought to be asking for...and that they, therefore will ask for lower wages than they ought to...and they will be happy with what they get (because it'll be more than what they were getting.)

I do not think that once-illegals becoming legal will suddenly become all assertive and demanding to be paid what they are actually worth.

I think they will create a downward pressure on the wages I can demand.

That's what I think.