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Don't know about the States, but Italian mob has a huge presence in the construction industry in Montreal. As far as Vancouver dock goes, the jobs are very lucrative. It pays anywhere from $35 (regular) to $70 (weekend graveyard shift) an hour. That's just regular pay, not overtime rate. The Hells Angels members pass these jobs down like heirloom items, and outsiders rarely get it.
There are news report that construction workers' union in Montreal is controlled by the Italian mob. I
Yes I read. It sounds a bit too Communist-ish and I think it'd be hamstrung by bureaucracy. Unions are going to lose much of their power very soon when automation kicks in.
Even in French Canada, Italians are big in the construction industry. And yes, they are/were big in the construction bizz in Northeast USA for all I know, that is if La Cosa Nostra is still around.
Regular Italians, legit people are big in construction. It is the Italian american communities main bread basket aside from owning Pizzerias. Like how all the Irish are cops and firemen, or bartenders. Or the greeks own and run diners, chinese owning chinese restaurants.