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  1. 12-18-2006, 04:36 PM #1
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    Fmr. Swift Workers Sue Over Hiring of Illegals (Good News)

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    Fmr. Swift Workers Sue Over Hiring of Illegals
    Last Edited: Monday, 18 Dec 2006, 12:52 PM MST
    Created: Monday, 18 Dec 2006, 12:51 PM MST
    Swift & Company, Greeley, Colorado. December 12, 2006




    More a dozen former Swift and Company employees are suing the meat packing company for 23 (m) million dollars -- alleging officials conspired to depress wages by hiring illegal immigrants.

    The 18 former employees are legal residents who worked at the Swift meatpacking plant in Cactus, Texas -- north of Amarillo.

    Swift is based in Greeley, Colorado.

    Agents from U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided the Cactus plant and five others last week. Nearly 13-hundred employees were arrested during the multistate immigration sweep that temporarily halted operations.

    Dallas attorney Angel Reyes says the 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.

    Attorneys for the former employees filed a lawsuit late Friday against Swift and its owners, Dallas-based investment firm H-M Capital Partners.

    They contend Swift and H-M Capital Partners engaged in racketeering to manipulate commerce.
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  2. 12-18-2006, 04:38 PM #2
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    This is really good news. These companies better dump the illegals.

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  3. 12-18-2006, 04:44 PM #3
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    Good for them! More workers need to start doing this.
    Deportacion? Si Se Puede!
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  4. 12-18-2006, 04:54 PM #4
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    They contend Swift and H-M Capital Partners engaged in racketeering to manipulate commerce.
    It's about time! That is GREAT NEWS!!!
    We are NOT a nation of immigrants!
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  5. 12-18-2006, 04:56 PM #5
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    Excellent News!
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  6. 12-18-2006, 05:06 PM #6
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    The plaintiff's attorney is going to be in for a bumpy ride. Angel Reyes? Last time I checked, that is not a "gringo" name. Oh man, I can here LULAC now, "Reyes is a TRAITOR to his race!!!" I hope this is the start of something bigger. I never thought of lawsuits by former employees against companies that hire illegals. I hope they win! What a great weapon this could be in the fight against companies hiring illegals.
    THE POOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN MY AVATAR CROSSED OVER THE WRONG BORDER FENCE!!!
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  7. 12-19-2006, 02:01 PM #7
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    This is great news. I wonder how long it will take the ACLU to somehow get involved and start making threats?
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