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Home Depot; WTF?
Topic Started: Aug 15 2008, 12:52 PM (518 Views)
Corwin8
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Panic, Chaos, Disorder....My work here is done.
Home Depot, Others Required To Make Day Laborer Shelters

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LOS ANGELES -- Big-box, home-improvement stores in Los Angeles will have to set aside space for day laborers under an ordinance passed by the City Council on Wednesday.

When the ordinance takes effect -- the mayor has to sign it, and most city laws take effect 30 days afterward -- it will apply to stores such as The Home Depot that have 100,000 square feet or more, or any structure where 250,000 square feet or more of warehouse floor area is added.

The shelters must be easily accessible and include drinking water, bathrooms, tables, seating and trashcans. The stores may be required to work with Los Angeles police in developing a security plan, according to the unanimous vote by the 15-member lawmaking body.

People who live near Home Depot stores have complained of day laborers drinking beer, urinating in yards or other unseemly behavior.

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a nonprofit group started in Northridge in 2001, supports the new requirements.

"It provides for safe and dignified hiring locations where contingent workers can defend their basic rights. It carefully balances the interests of business, residents, day laborers and their employers," said the group's executive director, Pablo Alvarado.

Francisco Uribe, senior manager of government relations for The Home Depot, said the corporation does not oppose the day laborer centers.

"Although the complex challenges associated with the presence of day laborers are not specific to one industry nor one company, The Home Depot recognizes that some of our stores in the city of Los Angeles are impacted," Uribe said.

"The Home Depot has and will continue to work with the city of Los Angeles and other key stakeholders in the various communities where The Home Depot operates to jointly address these challenges," Uribe said.

City Councilman Richard Alarcon singled out The Home Depot for attracting day laborers, saying other big-box stores do not have the same kind of problems.

"Lowe's doesn't have the problem. And you ask yourself 'why don't we see massive (numbers of) day laborers at Lowe's?' The reason is they target women. It's very clear that their marketing scheme is more focused on interior design-type customers," Alarcon said.

The Community Development Department already operates 11 day-laborer sites in the city. Grant funding is used to maintain the facilities at an annual cost of $180,000.


WTF

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Is this the dumbest thing ever? I can't imagine why businesses should have to be forced to accomodate the illegals thay can't hire who hang out looking for work on private property.

Please tell me how this is right?

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Jack Sparrow: "Why should I sail with any of you? Four of you have tried to kill me in the past."
[looks at Elizabeth]
Jack Sparrow: "One of you succeeded."

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wissaboo
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that is crazy
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CaptDennyCrane
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Some one should put big vinyl letters reading "INS" on their van, and drive by the Home Depot every morning. They'll all clear out and not return within a week.
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wissaboo
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or the actual ins could stop by
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Almighty
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Give that Roo a beer

I'm confused

Is "day laborers" some kind of american politically correct term for out of work lazy bum?

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wissaboo
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It are people looking to be hired for the day. It's common in construction related fields where they just need a body for a day. And probably just paid in cash so no messy paperwork.
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Almighty
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Give that Roo a beer

So if they're working don't they require facilities just like everyone else ?

I mean are there facilities for other workers there but not these ?

Dunno , sounds kind of wierd to me :wtf:

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wissaboo
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It isn't home depot that is hiring them. Contractors show up at home depot to buy thier supplies for the day. They are just loitering there hoping one of home depot's customers will hire them.
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Almighty
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Give that Roo a beer

Still wierd :wtf:
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Trekwolf164
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Someone should contact ICE and have them check ID's of these "Day Laborers" If they are illegal alien's they should be arrested and dealt with
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