Dunkin’ targets illegals: Sues West Concord franchisee
Posted on Saturday, April 14 @ 13:21:47 EDT
Topic: Illegal Immigration News in the US
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 Dunkin’ targets illegals: Sues West Concord franchisee
By Jay Fitzgerald
Boston Herald General Economics Reporter
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Dunkin’ Donuts appears to be cracking down on undocumented immigrants
working at its franchises, and is accusing one franchisee in West
Concord of not complying with laws.
The giant Canton-based donut and coffee chain earlier this week
filed a lawsuit against a lone franchisee, West Concord Donuts Inc.,
claiming it had hired undocumented workers at its Dunkin’ outlet.
The suit also says the owners of the franchise at 1191 Main St. in
West Concord didn’t keep up with promised licensing fees. The company,
via its franchise units, is seeking to yank its franchise agreement
with West Concord Donuts Inc., according to the suit.
An owner of the West Concord Dunkin’ Donuts outlet declined comment and referred questions to the main corporation.
Topics: Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Immigration,
Dunkin’ Donuts, Social Security numbers
A spokesman for Dunkin’ Donuts said it doesn’t comment on pending
litigation. But he said that last June, Dunkin’ agreed to voluntarily
participate in the so-called “basic pilot” computer system that allows
employers to verify whether workers are legally in the country and have
Social Security numbers.
The federal government has been steadily clamping down on illegal
immigrants working in the United States. In one of the more
high-profile cases in recent years, Homeland Security agents last month
raided a New Bedford apparel company, Michael Bianco Inc., and rounded
up hundreds of illegal immigrants working at the facility.
In its suit, Dunkin’ says West Concord Donuts “knowingly and
purposefully breached” its franchise agreement by “violating” federal
immigration and employment laws at its shop. The suit said owners
“knowingly accepted false identification documents” for hiring
purposes.
Dunkin’ also said the company failed to keep up its franchise fees, or the percentage of the shop’s total gross sales.
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