Thread: Cleaning company sues, claiming competitors hired "ille

[quote]Cleaning company sues, claiming competitors hired "illegal aliens"
Plaintiff says cheap labor allowed cheaper bid to clean Boulder buildings
By Steven Wilke, for the Camera
Originally published 02:30 p.m., February 2, 2009
Updated 04:13 p.m., February 2, 2009

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ShareThisBOULDER, Colo. — After losing contracts to clean several city buildings, including the Boulder Public Library, a janitorial company is suing two competitors, alleging they were able to give lower bids because they hired undocumented workers.

Boulder-based Dustbusters filed the suit last week against Longmont’s Finishing Touch Janitorial Services and Loveland’s Porter Industries.

Both defendants underbid Dustbusters on several city contracts, and were hired to do thousands of dollars of work in libraries, parks and other buildings, according to the suit.

In the case of the library, which Dustbusters had cleaned since 1993, Finishing Touch won the contract for 2008, agreeing to clean all city libraries for $117,168 — almost $21,000 less than Dustbusters’ bid.

“Finishing Touch was able to submit a lower bid than their competitors ... because they knowingly employ or contract with illegal aliens to perform the work and as such, are able to pay those workers less than legal workers,â€

Yes! Good for them. We need to use this avenue of the courts when possible, though liberal judges who view themselves as legislators could do more harm than good. Best if the plaintiff can have a jury trial.