'Italian' Welders on Texas Bridge Were Even Cheaper Slovakian Workers

The "Italian welders" who came into the U.S. under false premises to help build a bridge over the Trinity River weren't even all working for Cimolai nor were they Italian, WFAA-TV reports in a followup to a story that aired last fall.

Some of the workers who took good jobs from U.S. welders as unemployment was skyrocketing are from Slovakia, suggesting. even the Italian workers weren't cheap enough for the bosses running this project on federal, state and local tax dollars.

The government has revoked several of the work visas.

Brother Mike Cunningham of the Texas Building and Construction Trades Council and Brother Ronnie Smitherman of the Iron Workers are among those quoted in the story.

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