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ChicagoTeamster

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2. If this misadministration thinks that young white males will come crawling out of the woodwork to fill labor shortages

Reply to MissMillie (Reply #1)

Tue May 26, 2026, 09:05 AM

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in all of the career fields where they have been preventing immigrants from working they will be sadly mistaken. There aren't enough young working age people. Agriculture, meat processing, construction, transporting goods and services, hi tech manufacturing, all have labor shortages that were being filled by immigrant labor.

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a shortage of truck drivers MissMillie Tuesday #1

If this misadministration thinks that young white males will come crawling out of the woodwork to fill labor shortages ChicagoTeamster Tuesday #2

They'll just build more self driving trucks, wont that feel safe? Nt slightlv Tuesday #3

Those jobs are horrible wolfie001 Tuesday #4

It IS awful work. Most truck drivers are hired as 1099 contractors TexasBushwhacker Tuesday #5

YES! I've seen some truckers documenting the Byzantine system of rules and regulations and pay wolfie001 Tuesday #6