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    Former workers say Swift hired illegals to lower wages

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    Former workers say Swift hired illegals to lower wages

    By Anabelle Garay, Associated Press
    Tuesday, December 19, 2006

    DALLAS — 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 U.S. citizens and legal residents who worked at a plant in Cactus, north of Amarillo, one of six facilities raided an 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 longstanding scheme by Swift to depress and artificially lower the wages of its workers by knowingly hiring illegal workers," said their attorney, Angel Reyes. "By lessening its labor costs and increasing its profits, Swift has severely damaged the potential earnings and livelihood of these hardworking men and women."

    Greeley-based Swift and the Dallas investment firm that owns it, HM Capital Partners LLC, said in a statement that "the lawsuit is completely without merit."

    The lawsuit was filed late Friday against Swift and HM Capital Partners in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. They contend Swift and HM Capital Partners engaged in racketeering to manipulate commerce.

    The lawsuit stems from a separate case in which former Swift employees claimed they were fired for filing workers compensation claims, Reyes said.

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    Same reason Microsoft, etc. hires H-1bs and outsources work to international bodyshops like Wipro, TCS. God forbid a rank and file worker should have a decent life.
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    I am shocked,La Raza says Mexicans work so much harder then fat lazy Americans
    any company should give the invaders more money so they can send it back to Mexico.
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    I hope the legals who are suing are successful and in turn the government goes after them for it.
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    Me, too, swatchick. It's past time these illegal employers were made to pay up!
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