I agree. With 10% unempoyment, and higher in the NYC building industry, I doubt there will be the eagerness to forego jobs that pay$30-60 an hour.A lot of these guys haven’t held a real job in months, and the day jobs that used to tide them over during the winters and off times are being done by illegals. So when the bids start going out I expect both the construction companies and unions to be there.
From what I have been reading, the construction workers are at 23% unemployment.
There are strict rules too. If you don’t work 500 hours you lose your benefits.
Things are very bad, despite the shovel ready bull that was shovelled at us to make the stimulus more acceptable.