Antonio Ledezma has been trying for four months through online and newspaper ads and employment agencies in three states to hire about a dozen new laborers for his road- and bridge-building crews.
He’s had only a handful of applications for the $15- to $18-an-hour entry-level concrete finishing and carpentry jobs at the Commerce City-based company he heads, Jalisco International Inc. With an uptick in projects due to an improving economy and the coming of spring — and with no movement on immigration reform — Ledezma, like many contractors, is growing increasingly worried.
Read more: Lack of immigration reform means worker shortage for Colorado builders – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24881507/lack-immigration-reform-means-worker-shortage-colorado-builders#ixzz33DuXzIer
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