Staker Paving used to have a virtually all white, unionized work force. They got an enormous amount of Salt Lake County and Utah DOT contracts (I-215, for example). They exist to put taxpayer dollars in their pockets (who supports the lion's share of paving?).
Now that was many moons ago that I was exposed to all this. Clearly, in the interim, they have decided that the taxpayers that they take money from are just too damn expensive to employ. Breaking the unions with illegals is better. And Oh By The Way, it's OK for them to break the laws, but God Forbid you don't want to pay taxes that go to them. That's A Law Which Must Never Be Broken, unlike immigration or labor laws, which are apparently not worth the paper they're written on. At least to Staker Paving.
So screw these scum. Hopefully an Arizona style set of laws will be passed in Utah. And garbage like the Parsons and the Stakers will either leave the business or get a little jail time for their Hate Americans practices.
Things may get interesting if the current downturn in the economy actually turns into a severe recession. The taxpayers may actually decide to stick it to these business-parasites.
I have no problem with breaking a union but not with illegal alien labor. Americans willing to work for market wages without the union markup and restrictive work rules are fine with me. Right to work should be the law of the land. Non union American labor is the backbone of this country.
I am puzzled by the report indicating that the employer used the Basic Pilot system. I am not sure how the employer can determine if a worker is an illegal if the system did not flag the documentation. Employers need a simple low-cost tool to determine worker status. Illegals caught using fake documentation need to be fined, jailed, and deported.