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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrumpf bringing back American jobs (for foreign HB2 guest workers).
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicagarrison/trump-seeks-more-foreign-guestworkers-for-his-companies?utm_term=.saGWLd9nE#.xxqK2eaklThis month, Trump is bringing jobs to Florida, as he looks to hire 78 servers, housekeepers, and cooks at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach and the nearby Trump National Golf Club, Jupiter.
But instead of making sure those jobs go to Americans, he is seeking to import foreign workers for the positions, which pay $10.17 an hour for housekeepers, $11.13 an hour for servers, and $12.74 for cooks. He filed applications this month claiming he couldnt find enough Americans to do that work, and is seeking temporary visas to bring in 65 workers at Mar-a-Lago along with another seven waiters and six cooks at the golf club.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment. A call to Mar-a-Lago was not returned, and an employee at the Jupiter golf club declined to comment. But in the past, Trump has defended his use of guest workers by saying there was no other way to fill the jobs.
But instead of making sure those jobs go to Americans, he is seeking to import foreign workers for the positions, which pay $10.17 an hour for housekeepers, $11.13 an hour for servers, and $12.74 for cooks. He filed applications this month claiming he couldnt find enough Americans to do that work, and is seeking temporary visas to bring in 65 workers at Mar-a-Lago along with another seven waiters and six cooks at the golf club.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment. A call to Mar-a-Lago was not returned, and an employee at the Jupiter golf club declined to comment. But in the past, Trump has defended his use of guest workers by saying there was no other way to fill the jobs.
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In an email Wednesday, Veenstra said his agency, which is chartered by the state of Florida, has a database of 1,327 Palm Beach County residents interested in server, cook, and chef positions. He said local hotels are currently seeking his agencys help to fill more than 856 such jobs. Mar-a-Lago does not appear to be among those that contacted the agency directly, he said, adding that he could not immediately provide information about the Jupiter golf club.
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Drumpf bringing back American jobs (for foreign HB2 guest workers). (Original Post)
Snarkoleptic
Jul 2016
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duncang
(1,907 posts)1. I wonder
How much he is charging them for transportation, lodging and food.
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)2. This should be in the headlines of all 'news'.
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)3. He cannot help himself, it's his default mode.
This reminds me of Bain Capital shuttering the Sensata brake part plant in Freeport, IL during the runup to the 2012 election.
The optics were horrible, but they is what they is.
Hopefully people will wake up and see Drumpf for who he is.