[imnaone]

It seems that my "reverse migration" thesis is gaining traction. It has been mentioned in the New York Times and by CNN and by many posters here.

It seems logical. There are thousands of Haitian workers, with more than minimum experience in the building trades. Iron workers, masons, electrical technicians, basic plumbers....what a wonderful and talented pool of manpower.

I really expect that, once all those agencies get their acts together, they will put out a call for this labor and they will have the funding.

One item I worry about. Silly, I know, but solvable...: Sand and gravel. Yup the very basic stuff...If they continue to use beach sand without processing, they end up just like now. So someone will have to set up a Sand and Gravel plant to supply all of thenew reconstruction.

Good luck you guys, I wish I was young enough to go get my hands all dirty again...

HB

Before the quake struck, the members of ACROPOVI had several meetings with the top construction companies to discuss the Dominicanization of the construction labor force. This resulted from many Dominican construction managers were complaining that the Haitian construction workers were not heeding the manager's orders, were stealing construction material, many were taking weapons and becoming more belligerent at the working sites; often they supposedly threatened many of the Dominican engineers.

If that proposition is still active, there will be no other alternative for the Haitian construction workers than to go to Haiti and do their jobs over there.