A national homebuilder developing a new home community needs to hire framers,plumbers,painters,electricians,and other construction workers.There are plenty of qualified,unionized,nonimmigrant job applicants,but the builder chooses to hire mostly Mexican immigrants.According to sociologist Edna Bonacich,this choice reflects the existence of:

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The scenario described is an example of a split labor market, in which there are two groups of workers that are divided by race, ethnicity, or other characteristics. The nonimmigrant workers are part of the dominant group, while the Mexican immigrants are part of a subordinate group. The builder's decision to hire mostly Mexican immigrants reflects a preference for lower-wage, non-unionized workers in the subordinate group, even though there are qualified workers in the dominant group. This perpetuates the split labor market and reinforces the subordinate status of the Mexican immigrant workers.

A National Homebuilder Developing a New Home Community Needs to Hire