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Illegal immigrants are beginning to move up the ladder to service and industry jobs. Donald Huddle, a member of the Texas Governor's Task Force on Immigration, created a stir last year when he estimated that a third of the commercial construction jobs in Houston were held by illegal aliens, who made an average wage of $4.64 an hour, 40% above the federal minimum wage of $3.35. In eastern Massachusetts in April, 26% of the 144 employed aliens picked up by the INS were earning more than $5.25 an hour, and 69% were being paid between minimum wage...
...Sands, who picked up the game at age six will move up the ladder. The Quincy House resident turned professional just last week and will begin touring this summer...
About one out of five of the FORTUNE 500 companies now have some sort of stress-management program. Many are restricted to top executives, though studies have shown that the most stressed workers are in middle management. In addition to facing the pressures of climbing the corporate ladder, these workers are caught in a perilous bind: lots of responsibility but little control. Those who have surmounted these obstacles and made it to the top "have the fewest problems," says Dr. Gilbeart Ceilings, corporate medical director of New York Telephone...
...foreign competition. No longer does the U.S. have an insulated, largely self-sufficient economy. Imported goods now account for 19% of American consumption, up from 9% in 1970. Foreign competitors, who once concentrated on simple, labor-intensive products, such as clothing and toys, have quickly climbed up the industrial ladder. The U.S. imports 28% of its cars, 18% of its steel, 55% of its consumer electronics products and 27% of its machine tools. The challenge in these industries, which was first posed by Japan, now also comes from such fast-growing countries as South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore...
...really does not matter whether one scores very low or high on the "meritocracy" tests, if you are a minority of color in America every conceivable effort will be made by the white majority to deny you equal access and keep you at the bottom of the economic ladder...