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In reply to the discussion: Bay Area tech company caught paying imported workers $1.21 per hour [View all]One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)59. Should of been forced to pay Prevailing Wage.
They still got away alot cheaper than hiring local workers.
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Bay Area tech company caught paying imported workers $1.21 per hour [View all]
OhioChick
Oct 2014
OP
They worked 122 hours per week. Probably pulled out the cot at the office.
Ed Suspicious
Oct 2014
#11
The case with hotels, 'the hospitality industry' all over US. It's dominant in DC area, metro FL.
appalachiablue
Oct 2014
#75
No problem, I really didn't get concerned about the comment, more that I didn't know
appalachiablue
Oct 2014
#99
in this light, I find the racial conficts among the working classes to be very silly.
redruddyred
Oct 2014
#88
"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half", attributed to
appalachiablue
Oct 2014
#92
Through no fault of their own, I don't think the vast majority of Americans realize the
appalachiablue
Oct 2014
#96
17.3 hours per day, 7 days per week at 121 hours for the week (read that in another thread)
mrdmk
Oct 2014
#32
I can't prove it but I'm 90% sure this same crap has happened twice this same year in...
BlueJazz
Oct 2014
#8
"We unintentionally" Total and utter BS there is zero, none, zilch way that it was unintentional.
cstanleytech
Oct 2014
#12
Prior to REAGAN's 1986 amnesty for agricultural workers to benefit business, administrations
appalachiablue
Oct 2014
#76
Congratulations, Guy Gecht, CEO, Electronics for Imaging, on your $6 million pay package.
Judi Lynn
Oct 2014
#21
This is boiler plate bullshit, they will farm you like an animal just like every other corp. eom
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#27
There are a few dozen cases of slavery every year in the U.S., seems like this should be added.
jtuck004
Oct 2014
#25
Jesus, this is fucking sick. How much more of this shit has to happen before one of our two
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#26
Because the story doesn't make it clear, here's how this actually happened. (and a neat twist)
Xithras
Oct 2014
#35
Corporate death penalty plus..... Jail. If the cost is wages plus $3K, they'll do it again.
grahamhgreen
Oct 2014
#46
'United we stand. Divided we beg.' Great statement. I'll remember it. Thanks.
appalachiablue
Oct 2014
#69
is this a loophole that lets global corps import cheapest labor to work in their USA locations?
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#56
This fine means that EVERY COPORATION will now do it. They have to. It's their fiduciary obligation.
grahamhgreen
Oct 2014
#84
FYI - The FLSA comes with a freebie get out of jail card on the first WILLFUL offense
Ash_F
Oct 2014
#73
If corporations are "persons," then that one should get the death penalty
Lydia Leftcoast
Oct 2014
#91