I understand completely about the plight of construction workers. We've undertaken several projects. The workers who arrived told us they were being paid less than $10 per hour. From what we paid the Contractor, I was ashamed for them.
Maybe they don't know. But definitely they are being taken advantage of. The contractor left and didn't return for several hours. The workers had no water or food. They took a break and sat under our tree for shade. While they were working, I baked a cake. Then I invited them into the lanai and served them some food, drinks, and took a cooler with gallons of water.
Excellent work by all of them. They are master carpenters, I have the highest respect for those workers.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Most probably don't know and think their pay is enough as they have also been told countless times by the society that they are "just" construction workers. Others know probably but they just choose to be their as they have no other choice.
That's so nice of you, thanks for doing that! Also I think the contractors expect the owners to feed those workers themselves, which is wrong cos you know how much they are getting. Very greedy