Load Trail Trailer Having a Bad Day...

[Abctx]

http://thehill.com/latino/404113-immigration-agents-detain-over-100-undocumented-workers-in-texas-raid

[FireNguns]

Good news for their competitors.

[dclifton]

Saw this the other day. Makes me wonder what will happen with all the others around Paris and Mt pleasant areas.

They might be a little nervous.

[duckmanep]

^^ I bet a bunch called in sick today

[perow]

this is not the first time they have been in trouble--last time they were fined over $400k

[WItoTX]

So they said they would pay the fine and keep doing what they are doing. Paid $500k last time.

Must be making some serious coin to not care about that kind of fine while competitors doing the right thing hiring legal workers get the shaft...

[Abcdj]

Massive operation out there. Lived there the last 12 years. There's not 160 people in Paris that are willing to work that hard and aren't crackheads to replace them! IF they even open back up! Second offense. There's a trailer building shop on every corner out in Tiger Town. They have deep pockets!

[Traildust]

Thats awesome!

[Dale Moser]

So they said they would pay the fine and keep doing what they are doing. Paid $500k last time.

Must be making some serious coin to not care about that kind of fine while competitors doing the right thing hiring legal workers get the shaft...

What makes you think the others are doing things right?

[duckmanep]

So they said they would pay the fine and keep doing what they are doing. Paid $500k last time.

Must be making some serious coin to not care about that kind of fine while competitors doing the right thing hiring legal workers get the shaft...

Do the math. Say they can pay an illegal $3 per hour less. $3 x 40 hrs a week = $120 x 150 illegals = $18,000 per week savings x 52 weeks = $936,000 / yr

[BrianL]

ICE had to pass 5 or 6 more trailer places doing the same thing to get to LoadTrail. Im guess someone out there ****** the wrong person off.

[BrianL]

Do the math. Say they can pay an illegal $3 per hour less. $3 x 40 hrs a week = $120 x 150 illegals = $18,000 per week savings x 52 weeks = $936,000 / yr

They are paid $12-15/hr, some more. They work hard and earn it.

[duckmanep]

They are paid $12-15/hr, some more. They work hard and earn it.

Yep hard work and way underpaid. But I'm guessing a legal would make $15-$18 instead of that $12-15 so they could afford the gamble in their mind to keep on hiring illegals. Messed up system for sure.

[rladner]

Yep hard work and way underpaid. But I'm guessing a legal would make $15-$18 instead of that $12-15 so they could afford the gamble in their mind to keep on hiring illegals. Messed up system for sure.

only under paid if you are legal. If you are illegal then you are overpaid, even if you are only paid 1 cent.

[BrianL]

A lot of those positions are paid per piece, not an hourly rate. I think everyone is paid the same per piece but would have to confirm that. The better you are, the harder you work, the more you make.