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Workers threatening to strike at Ohare Airport
Posted on 11/17/16 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 11/17/16 at 6:47 pm
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I'm mainly just posting this for the following quote
Why should the people of Illinois be subsidizing an immigrant (legal or illegal, who knows?) who is earning $10.50 an hour full time in an unskilled job? When did the United States become a charity?
I'm mainly just posting this for the following quote
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It will be the first strike for Kisha Rivera, 41, a mother of four who lives in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood and earns $10.50 an hour working full-time as a cabin cleaner for Scrub.
Rivera moved to Chicago this year from Puerto Rico, where she had been working as a cook for $7.25 an hour, in hopes of finding better pay and opportunity.
"But once you're here you realize how expensive it is to live here," said Rivera, whose paycheck has to cover her two younger daughters, aged 16 and 19, as well as herself. She doesn't get health benefits or paid sick days and relies on public assistance through Illinois' Link program.
Why should the people of Illinois be subsidizing an immigrant (legal or illegal, who knows?) who is earning $10.50 an hour full time in an unskilled job? When did the United States become a charity?
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Posted on 11/17/16 at 6:49 pm to TheWalrus
Uh, brosef, if she's from Puerto Rico she's not an illegal....
ETA: Not sure if troll...if so....well played sir.
ETA: Not sure if troll...if so....well played sir.
This post was edited on 11/17/16 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 11/17/16 at 6:51 pm to TheWalrus
Why aren't her 16 and 19 year old daughter out working to help pay their way?
Posted on 11/17/16 at 6:54 pm to TheWalrus
She's from Puerto Rico brah...American citizen.
Posted on 11/17/16 at 7:13 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I'm flying out of Ohare Sunday. If that's postponed I will fight someone.
Posted on 11/17/16 at 7:16 pm to TheWalrus
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Why should the people of Illinois be subsidizing an immigrant (legal or illegal, who knows?) who is earning $10.50 an hour full time in an unskilled job? When did the United States become a charity?
Why are you so calloused against American citizens?
Something that makes America great is its ability to help impoverished citizens work hard to get back on their feet. We absolutely should be a charitable nation towards our own people.
Posted on 11/17/16 at 7:32 pm to TheWalrus
why flock to high cost of living areas
Posted on 11/17/16 at 7:35 pm to TheWalrus
Puerto Rican's aren't immigrants, they are American citizens.
Posted on 11/17/16 at 8:09 pm to TheWalrus
quote:
"But once you're here you realize how expensive it is to live here," said Rivera, whose paycheck has to cover her two younger daughters, aged 16 and 19, as well as herself. She doesn't get health benefits or paid sick days and relies on public assistance through Illinois' Link program.
Then move back to PR or to a city that doesn't rank among the top 10 in the US for cost of living.
Posted on 11/17/16 at 8:43 pm to Eurocat
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Puerto Rican's aren't immigrants, they are American citizens
Isn't she supposed to have health care mandated by the federal government, ACA?
Posted on 11/17/16 at 8:47 pm to TheWalrus
Puerto Ricans are immigrants?
Posted on 11/17/16 at 8:49 pm to Centinel
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Uh, brosef, if she's from Puerto Rico she's not an illegal....
She's not even an immigrant.
Posted on 11/17/16 at 8:50 pm to StringedInstruments
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We absolutely should be a charitable nation towards our own people.
We should!
Too bad taxing people and giving it to others isn't charity.
Posted on 11/17/16 at 9:44 pm to TheWalrus
You can get 10.50 a damn hour in Vicksburg Mississippi McDonald's damn idiot
Posted on 11/17/16 at 9:51 pm to TheWalrus
I thought immigrants worked for less and did jobs Americans won't do??
Posted on 11/17/16 at 10:00 pm to TheWalrus
How could anyone be dumb enough to think that Chicago is cheaper for a completely unskilled laborer than Puerto Rico?
Posted on 11/17/16 at 10:16 pm to Evolved Simian
quote:I know some Puerto Ricans (and BTW, they are US citizens, it's a US Territory and you don't need a passport to go there). Their economy is shot to hell, I imagine people are trying to go somewhere for jobs.
How could anyone be dumb enough to think that Chicago is cheaper for a completely unskilled laborer than Puerto Rico?
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:24 pm to TheWalrus
She should go back to Puerto Rico with the rest of the Mexicans
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:39 pm to mauser
I will fault the Puerto Ricans and Chicago for continuing to elect people and supporting a party that has not helped their plight.
This post was edited on 11/17/16 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:43 pm to borrelia
Look for the Puerto Rican lady. I think you can take her.
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