German builders outsourced to England

First of all, what's the deal with the word "builders"? I mean, we have some sort of stigma with the word "construction workers," especially in conjunction with wolf whistling and propositioning passerby, but I think builders in England get it even worse. I think of Christopher Morris in Brass Eye: "But what about other people less stable, less educated, less middle-class than me? Builders, or blacks for example." The robot that will replace me is further from the horizon than the one that can take orders for the entire process, foundation to wiring, of a new office building. When are these guys going to get a little firemanesque respect?

Before that happens, German builders, in the quest for a normal wage, will have bloody adventures, some of which may be destined for a defanged Tom Gerhardt vehicle. Though the rolling sequence of labor strikes didn't encompass them, they've just as readily been participating in its war of attrition, and the strain is showing. English suburban sprawl needs laborers known for their "punctuality, reliability and exactness" that's been looking for more work since the reunification leveled out. And don't mention neverending building projects like the re-laying of Alexanderstrasse, because that's just state welfare: when they finish one end, they just turn around and start again.

There's a frightening new word for what Germany does: "bazaar economy." The rules are changing and, in this case, the lager is getting worse.