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$34 an Hour: Some Americans Will Dig It05-19-06 | News

$34 an Hour: Some Americans Will Dig It




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Cyndi Smallwood, of Diversified Landscape Management, oversees her crew in Laguna Niguel, Calif. She says she can?EUR??,,????'?????< Photo: Ken Hively / LAT


Cyndi Smallwood recently told landscapearchitect.com readers about her difficulty finding legal and qualified workers for her Riverside, Calif. contracting business.

Other landscape business owners, like her, have lobbied lawmakers to pass a workable guest worker plan that will import labor from Mexico and other countries.

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On May 18, however, Smallwood got a surprise when she found herself the center of a story on the issue, printed on the front page of the L.A. Times.

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The headline and article got the attention of more than a few, who flooded Diversified Landscape Management with calls.

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The next day a group of demonstrators showed up at his office with heads of lettuce.

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