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Dispatches from the Blackberry: ‘Hey brother, can you spare a job?’
Posted by scribe | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 26-04-2010
The dire economy and a ten percent unemployment rate reared their ugly heads in queens this weekend when nearly 1000 people lined up in Long Island city since 4 am Friday to be one of 750 hopeful applicants to test and interview for an apprenticeship with the city’s elevator repair workers union.
These people,some of whom have been unemployed for nearly a year passed the time in rainy weather by playing cards cooking on little grills and BSing with each other. They formed a bit of brotherhood with each other rallying against line cutters with loud boos and jeers.
While it could of been a worse, their were crowd control problems overnight on sunday when crowds rushed the line leaving people who waited for days for a prime spot, pushed to the back of the line.