Cheated Migrant Workers to Get Paid - Finally


	Cheated Migrant Workers to Get Paid - Finally

nedhamson1

10-12-2008 11:39 AM

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greed, globalism, migrant workers, splc, human rights

nedhamson1 says:

No more double dose of "getting away with it" for US firms who first, avoid hiring Americans to use cheaper migrant workers and then, second, cheat those workers! Thanks Souther Poverty Law Center!

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