Category: labour migration

Czech Economy Depends on Immigrants

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Some populist Czech politicians built their electoral success on anti-Ukrainian hate among the population. The flood of Ukrainians has put a strain on shared resources, that is true, and the previous government was kind lenient towards Ukrainian criminals. I personally also don’t like the ambivalence towards Ukrainians celebrating Bandera that I have expressed on this blog. In Poland they are much more sensitive to these matters. But besides agreeing that criminals should be deported back to Ukraine, I have very little against Ukrainians here. Matter of fact, I support the right of anyone to leave Ukraine. Not only is Ukraine hard to live in now, it was crap even before 2014.

And I find it ironic that the anti-immigration, ethno-purist nationalist is residing on the right together with the support of capitalism and the free market. The true capitalist position is in fact on the left that supports open borders. Because the capitalist needs workforce for his factories. In Czechia we not only have the Ukrainians now, we have people from the Philippines, from Vietnam, from Uzbekistan, from Mongolia. And since these guys will send most of the money to Asia in remittances, their work will like benefit local merchants, landlords, and service providers only sporadically. The only person that benefits is the factory owner. The factory owner sponsors the politician.

In fact, even socialism and redistribution of wealth is a capitalist position because at the end of the day, we are moving towards a post-labor economy, where the worker will be replaced by automation and artificial intelligence. And what are we gonna do with the unproductive consumers? 😆👌Here in Czechia, if you prove you have nothing, you’ll get money from the government. All the Gypsies are officially penniless. You can get housing benefits, and benefits for kids too provided you have an income that doesn’t match expenses. 😆👌This is already a basic income, albeit not universal.

Ukrs are Slated for Replacement

Resettled by non-Slavic rabble from across the planet, who will work for the oligarchs…

There are literally 36 Ukrs for every 1000 inhabitants of Czechia. Ukrs are now everywhere, in Portugal, Italy, Canada, US, UK, Poland… Are any of them willing to go home to Zelensky’s paradise? We need Ukrs here, we have lowest birthrates in history. Somebody needs to work here. We don’t need degenerate Afghans or Pakis here, nor lazy negroes. Slavic Ukrainians are the perfect stock.

Poor country with old people can be turned into a nature reserve. How many people do you need to work the fields in an age of automated tractors?

Farmer Protest Czech Edition

So, farmer protests have arrived in Czechia. I am not going to judge anyone, I think the farmer protest does have legitimate grievances but others have done it for me…

A familiar scene has been witnessed. People with Czech flags and flags relating to the historical Czech lands are being protested by individuals with EU flags and the flags of Ukraine.

And then there was this, there is a company that delivers groceries directly to people’s homes, Rohlík and they said they will no longer buy produce from one of the organizers, RABBIT CZ. People have noted that the owner of Rohlík is affiliated with the Aspen Institute.

In 2017, Rohlík was investigated for illegally employing Ukrainians. The owner said there aren’t any Czechs so he has to hire Ukrainians. I always like when businessmen claim there is a shortage of labour. Dear fuckers, self respecting Czech people don’t want your sucky job, where you spend the whole day in a warehouse or driving a car for a pittance. That’s why you are forced to import slaves from Ukraine. Why is it always shady fuckers that have bad business practices that rely on Ukrainians?

In 2022, an interview with Ukrainian warehouse worker of Rohlík has revealed the working conditions there are inhumane. The workers are treated like bio robots. Too many overtimes, tens of kilometers walked every day, and unexpected reductions to the salary.

Rohlík is no stranger to virtue signaling. During Covid they offered to transport vaccines. They motivated their recent ending with of the contract with RABBIT CZ by the support of smaller farmers. And of course, with the start of the Special Military Operation supported Ukraine.

Ukrainian Refugees are Here to Stay

You honestly believe that people, who 8 years ago waved EU flags in Kiev want to go back to Ukraine, which will never become a member of the EU? It literally takes one generation for a Ukrainian to integrate fully into the Czech society.

So, the leader of an opposition parliamentary party, the SPD, Tomio Okamura wrote on Twitter that more than half of the Ukrainian refugees don’t want to go back to Ukraine? To which the minister of interior, Vít Rakušan, replied that this is actually good. He says that the Ukrainians will be a benefit to the economy and public finances. That is more working hands, and more taxes.

Now this is of course very good for the employers, the titans of Czech industry have long called for immigration, and here you have a wave of migrants of Slavic stock that has wide support of sympathetic normies in this country. But the little people, the employees are sold short by this, their wages are depressed, and the Ukrainians make use of the same finite resources as the rest of the people. On the other hand, our population is aging, women don’t want to give birth, and influx of Ukrainian pussy can sway the situation a little bit. Ukrainians are objectively better than immigrants from Africa.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian men also find jobs at Bakken Oilfields in North Dakota…

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This is better than being cannon fodder for Zelensky…

The Polish to Make Ukrainian Refugees to Pay for Their Accommodation

Refugees from Ukraine in Poland will be made to pay for their accommodation.

According to government plans, in the first three months the payments will be 50%, later it will be 100% for accommodation provided by the state.

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No freebies for Ukrainians, please! The Ukrainians ought to learn Polish and find themselves a job. If they cannot do the latter, they can move westwards.

Looming Truck Driver Shortage in Europe

So, you may have seen what is happening in the UK with the truck drivers, there ain’t enough of them…

Out of the few jobs that I tried to do in recent years was work for a trucking company. I have seen the treatment of the drivers first hand, got angry and left. I was specifically tasked with recruitment and management of Ukrainian migrant workers, and I am not surprised nobody wants to do it.

In Britain, the situation with truckers became exacerbated because post-Brexit rules do not allow easy recruitment of drivers from the continent. The Covid pandemic also halted the issuing of new licenses. However, my first comment was that we Czechs are also not safe from such a situation because the share of foreign work force is also very high in our country.

I do not have the exact statistics for the Czech Republic but here I read in the Ukrainian online newspaper Strana that in Lithuania, 80% of truckers hail from Ukraine and Belarus. Most of the natives doing this are old guys, who don’t know any better. This is the most unhealthy situation ever if one thinks that it is the truckers that bring necessities such as food and fuel, and the whole system could come crashing down if knocked a little, as happened in the UK.

The root of the problem is that driving a truck is a skill that requires training. That training is time consuming and in some countries very costly. There isn’t much of a return on investment for the drivers. The employers tend to be rather predatory and seek ways to penalize the drivers over, often contrived transgressions, such as they would accuse the drivers of stealing fuel, or causing damage on the cars, although the damage was already there when they boarded the truck.

Similar shit is keeping most of the population from entering the industry. Many of my friends in my village have a license to drive a truck but all of them work in a state company that manages the river. Many of the private businessmen are crooks. Like my former boss, I later found out he was prosecuting for tax fraud scheme with chemicals. This taught me to always get references for an employer before taking a job.

The job is difficult, tying, and you are not always able to take a shower or have hot meal. So what is the solution? In the short term there must be an easing of entry into the business without compromising the quality. Perhaps the government could subsidize the applicants. Reward them for getting the licence. On the part of the employers, better conditions of work, stable pay, stability in general. And in the long term, increased automation of the trucks. I personally do not think the latter will remove the need for a man inside the car. Cargo needs protection.

Ukrainians are Moving to Russia in Droves

Despite incessant propaganda in Ukrainian media saying Russia is shit, many Ukrainians seem to feel differently…

A Ukrainian friend of mine that I used to drink with here in the Czech Republic, who worked in the logging industry, (I live in a village and I used to drink with lumberjacks) is now in Kamchatka doing the same. I remember the dude for refusing to speak to me in Ukrainian. I was about to practice my spoken Ukrainian with him and he told me he does not agree with the politics associated with the Ukrainian language.

640,000 Ukrainians received Russian citizenship last year according to the Ministry of Interior of Russia. 62% of all passports distributed.

Miners can Move to Poland

This story has it all, it confirms number of theses that I make on this blog, and that is…

  1. America cucks and pwns East European economies.
  2. The relationship Eastern Europe has with America is toxic.
  3. Russophobia leads to poverty and degradation.

The other day, the Acting Minister of Energy of Ukraine, Yuri Vitrenko held a meeting discussing the Uranium producing mine and factory Vostochny. The company has long been in trouble because Ukraine decided to switch its nuclear powerplants from Russian made fuel to American made fuel. The company Vostochny produces uranium for Russian TVEL nuclear fuel. The Americans don’t need Ukrainian uranium as they have their own sources. There were plans to create a joint venture with the Russians to make nuclear fuel in Ukraine, which would make uranium from Vostochny relevant. Otherwise, the Ukrainian produced uranium is a bit too expensive compared to other sources. But then Maidan came, a festival of Russophobia that led to a civil war, which the Ukrainian officialdom mendaciously call Russian-Ukrainian war, although there isn’t any official declaration of war from Kiev.

And voila, the Vostochny uranium factory is in financial trouble. The workers are not paid and the minister threatens to close the whole thing down because it is not profitable. As to what will happen with the workers, the minister suggested they should move to Poland, where they will find better work conditions and better pay. And he also mentioned that remittances of migrant workers form the bulk of revenue for Ukraine’s economy. Vitrenko also invoked Adam Smith when he said that should there exist cheaper producers elsewhere in the World, Ukrainian producers should make way for them. Only that way, according to him, will Ukraine become rich. The minister was further asked what will happen if everyone leaves? Vitrenko is optimistic that people will always find work and Ukraine will continue producing stuff. He suggested people work in agriculture.

Funnily, I have now trolled Belorussian opposition with the words: “You will pick potatoes!” and the answer always is some bleating about freedom…

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