Of this. http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?Feed=AP&Date=20061218&ID=6285920
Former employees are suing Swift & Co. for $23 million, alleging the meatpacking company conspired to keep wages down by hiring illegal immigrants. The 18 former employees are legal residents who worked at a plant in Cactus, Texas, north of Amarillo. The plant was one of six facilities raided in a multistate federal sweep that led to the arrests of nearly 1,300 employees and temporarily halted Swift's operations. "These plaintiffs are ... victims in a long-standing scheme by Swift to depress and artificially lower the wages of its workers by knowingly hiring illegal workers," said attorney, Angel...
2006-12-18 15:00:30 · 12 answers · asked by Zoe 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Bravo! Bravo! Good for them! I hope they follow through with this and make this company a good example to other companies! As well, however, we need to hear of many more raids happening and they should be happening big time on a daily basis! If the government wants to show they are serious about enforcing the laws regarding illegal immigration, they need to do more than make one big day of raids of just one company, or else it tells me that they aren't really serious about this. In order to cause other companies and hirers of illegals to wake up and smell the coffee, they have to keep the pressure on and keep the raids happening. Also, might wake the illegals up, too! Then, with no jobs for them, maybe many of them will carry their butts back to their home countries without us having to bear the cost of deporting them.
2006-12-18 15:22:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The government should be the one throwing fines Steep fines. Make them an example of what happens when you break the law and hire illegals. There companies are the reasons that illegals come!
2006-12-18 15:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by wondermom 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well I believe unless they can gather enormous amounts of evidence,all beyond circumstantial,they wont have a case,but they might make enough of a stink to sue a settlement for silence. 18 workers are a very low minority compared to the other legal workers still there,so the odds are against them.the same practices go with any food processing non union company.
2006-12-18 15:08:41 · answer #3 · answered by stygianwolfe 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They've been getting away with it for years and there are many more companies doing it. Now, why do you think companies want to eliminate lawsuits!
2006-12-18 15:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes SWIFT did, sue the !@#$ out of them
2006-12-18 17:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by drivingdog18 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IBP did, I am sure they weren't the only ones. Hit them i n wallet, it's the only thing that will get their attention!
2006-12-18 17:36:47 · answer #6 · answered by Julia B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope they put the pricks out of buisness
2006-12-19 02:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw the book at them.
2006-12-18 15:02:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Go for it, make Swift pay.
2006-12-18 15:06:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I would say I need a ******* job? And Im American..Sure they wont have a problem hiring Americans?
2006-12-18 15:05:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋