Will the "Immigrant Boycott" shut down any airports?

Tomorrow is the so-called "Immigrant Boycott", planned so that illegal
aliens can make a show of their economic clout in America by staying
home from work.

Given the number of "immigrants" working at major big city airports, I
can foresee some major problems if this thing really takes off. From
my casual observances as an airline passenger, LAX, LAS and ORD seem to
have literally hundreds of Hispanic laborers working in all aspects of
operations, from baggage handling to ground ops. If they all boycott
work tomorrow...

I know the lodging industry is having a bird about the potential impact
of this boycott, as evidenced by the hilarious "urgent action updates"
we have been receiving from the Lodging Association. We are finding it
truly enjoyable to watch as all the corrupt hoteliers who hired illegal
aliens in the first place -- basically everyone else in the lodging
industry -- panics about their plight.

Anyone have any idea if the airlines have contingency plans for this
sort of thing? What'll they do if there's no one to unload the
planes?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
Tomorrow is the so-called "Immigrant Boycott", planned so that illegal
aliens can make a show of their economic clout in America by staying home
from work.

I know the lodging industry is having a bird about the potential impact of
this boycott, as evidenced by the hilarious "urgent action updates" we
have been receiving from the Lodging Association. We are finding it truly
enjoyable to watch as all the corrupt hoteliers who hired illegal aliens
in the first place -- basically everyone else in the lodging industry --
panics about their plight.


They can pay their "guest workers" double-time-and-a-half tomorrow ...or
close up shop.

(x2.5) is about where the wages would be without "guest workers" so one day
of it shouldn't be too much for those businesses to bear.

I'm not sure what they're trying to accomplish with this boycott? It could
have an unforeseen negative result for the ILLEGALS ...I mean, "guest
workers".


Montblack

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:21:32 -0500, Montblack wrote:

I'm not sure what they're trying to accomplish with this boycott? It could
have an unforeseen negative result for the ILLEGALS ...I mean, "guest
workers".

Remeber, it is May 1st. A traditional socialist day (in the old world).

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A local radio station said there was going to be three on three baseball
today. That was all there was there were not immigrants.

Montblack wrote:

("Jay Honeck" wrote)

Tomorrow is the so-called "Immigrant Boycott", planned so that illegal
aliens can make a show of their economic clout in America by staying
home from work.


I know the lodging industry is having a bird about the potential
impact of this boycott, as evidenced by the hilarious "urgent action
updates" we have been receiving from the Lodging Association. We are
finding it truly enjoyable to watch as all the corrupt hoteliers who
hired illegal aliens in the first place -- basically everyone else in
the lodging industry -- panics about their plight.



They can pay their "guest workers" double-time-and-a-half tomorrow ...or
close up shop.

(x2.5) is about where the wages would be without "guest workers" so one
day of it shouldn't be too much for those businesses to bear.

I'm not sure what they're trying to accomplish with this boycott? It
could have an unforeseen negative result for the ILLEGALS ...I mean,
"guest workers".


Montblack

The last poll I saw this morning stated that the majority of American's
did not support the so-called boycott. I think that they may be
crapping where they sleep, and the outcome will be not what they wanted.

For myself, I don't frequent fast-food joints too much, and I don't get
my grass cut until Wednesday, so I won't see any disruption in my
life... :-)

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ TYQ

Jay Honeck wrote:

Tomorrow is the so-called "Immigrant Boycott", planned so that illegal
aliens can make a show of their economic clout in America by staying
home from work.

Given the number of "immigrants" working at major big city airports, I
can foresee some major problems if this thing really takes off. From
my casual observances as an airline passenger, LAX, LAS and ORD seem to
have literally hundreds of Hispanic laborers working in all aspects of
operations, from baggage handling to ground ops. If they all boycott
work tomorrow...

I know the lodging industry is having a bird about the potential impact
of this boycott, as evidenced by the hilarious "urgent action updates"
we have been receiving from the Lodging Association. We are finding it
truly enjoyable to watch as all the corrupt hoteliers who hired illegal
aliens in the first place -- basically everyone else in the lodging
industry -- panics about their plight.

Anyone have any idea if the airlines have contingency plans for this
sort of thing? What'll they do if there's no one to unload the
planes?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

The FAA has had rules for background checks for all airport
employees since the 1980s, and these were tightened after
9/11. Whether that was really done and whether a lot of the
Mexican invaders will not work at the airports is to be
found out when it happens.

Immigrants and guests ask permission, illegals come here to
work and invaders come here to take the old Spanish
land-grant lands back. If they were Cuban, Russian or
Mexican troops carrying RPGs we would fight them. Instead
they sent their women, pregnant, and their covert army along
with the men to work until their numbers could force the
over-throw of the California and other governments.
This is not a civil rights struggle and those people are an
invading army. We should not allow them to vote or allow in
illegal to work in this country. The law should be enforced
against the illegal worker and the boss who hires them.
Of course, Mexico will deny repatriation.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| Tomorrow is the so-called "Immigrant Boycott", planned so
that illegal
| aliens can make a show of their economic clout in America
by staying
| home from work.
|
| Given the number of "immigrants" working at major big city
airports, I
| can foresee some major problems if this thing really takes
off. From
| my casual observances as an airline passenger, LAX, LAS
and ORD seem to
| have literally hundreds of Hispanic laborers working in
all aspects of
| operations, from baggage handling to ground ops. If they
all boycott
| work tomorrow...
|
| I know the lodging industry is having a bird about the
potential impact
| of this boycott, as evidenced by the hilarious "urgent
action updates"
| we have been receiving from the Lodging Association. We
are finding it
| truly enjoyable to watch as all the corrupt hoteliers who
hired illegal
| aliens in the first place -- basically everyone else in
the lodging
| industry -- panics about their plight.
|
| Anyone have any idea if the airlines have contingency
plans for this
| sort of thing? What'll they do if there's no one to
unload the
| planes?
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Tomorrow is the so-called "Immigrant Boycott", planned so that illegal
aliens can make a show of their economic clout in America by staying
home from work.

Given the number of "immigrants" working at major big city airports, I
can foresee some major problems if this thing really takes off. From
my casual observances as an airline passenger, LAX, LAS and ORD seem to
have literally hundreds of Hispanic laborers working in all aspects of
operations, from baggage handling to ground ops. If they all boycott
work tomorrow...

I know the lodging industry is having a bird about the potential impact
of this boycott, as evidenced by the hilarious "urgent action updates"
we have been receiving from the Lodging Association. We are finding it
truly enjoyable to watch as all the corrupt hoteliers who hired illegal
aliens in the first place -- basically everyone else in the lodging
industry -- panics about their plight.

Anyone have any idea if the airlines have contingency plans for this
sort of thing? What'll they do if there's no one to unload the
planes?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



My wife works for a major motel chain they are mandating that everyone
"grounds keepers to managers" show up for a meeting if they don't show they
find themselves with out a job!

Our current payroll is 73 people, half of which are Hispanic. Of the half
that are Hispanic, about half are citizens via birth and have lived locally
for years. The remaining 1/4 of our work force flow in and out of a
revolving door. First we require an employment application to be filled
out, completely... any blanks and it get's tossed. Last job in Mexico?
Sorry. We require 3 forms of ident, at least one with a pic, a green
card/work permit, and SS card. Usually we can pick out the forgeries if we
ask for enough ident. If we question anything, they simply aren't hired.
We refuse to deal with migrant labor contractors or hire migrants, they must
establish a local residence and are required to "intend" to maintain that
residence year 'round. Whether they do or not is up to them, but if they
leave for an extended period, they don't get hired back. This is about the
best we can do to keep the illegals out, and frankly, it works pretty good.
We find that if you ask enough questions that they don't have answers for,
they'll leave and never come back. Word travels fast amoung the illegals
when you require enough documentation and ask enough questions. They simply
don't apply.

Our starting rate is $6.00 per hour, plus another $2.50 in non-smoking and
attendence bonuses. Tomorrow, every employee that fails to show up for work
on time will loose a $1.00 per hour attendence bonus for all hours worked
this coming week, expected to be around 50 hours. If they miss 25% of the
weekly bonuses for the quarter, they loose the quarterly attendence bonus of
$1.00 per hour for all hours worked that quarter, normally around $500-$600.
Those that don't come to work tomorrow will recieve their official warning
regarding attendence, miss work the next time and it's grounds for dismisal
with no available un-employment benefits.

It works for us, YMMV

Jim

"Jim Burns" wrote

Our current payroll is 73 people, half of which are Hispanic. Of the half
that are Hispanic, about half are citizens via birth and have lived
locally
for years.

What industry are you in? Just curious.
--
Jim in NC

Fresh potato farming/grading/packaging/shipping.
Jim