Re: corporate racketeering?


I saw more on this topic and the important thing was either not in your quotes below, or was not mentioned at the URL you quoted. There is a lawsuit (class action) in progress, by the legal workers at Mohawk industries, against the company for hiring illegal workers and depressing wages (the typical, CEO-inspired, "screw-the-underlings" strategy). And, the legal proceeding is the RICO law. The first step is to see if RICO can be applied, since there is a question as to whether RICO was meant to be applicable in this case (there is a variable use for RICO as has been shown over the years, and not all cases brought under RICO are accepted by the courts). Its an important issue.

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Russell.Martin@xxxxxxx wrote:

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=343&sid=764013

"As the fight over rewriting immigration law heats up, corporations
are coming under fire for using recruiters to find and hire workers
who are in the United States illegally."

"Because of significant shortages in skilled labor in recent years,
manufacturers have been forced to rely on recruiting firms to meet
demands for workers, wrote lawyers for the National Association
of Manufacturers and other groups."

"The case is Mohawk Industries v. Williams, 05-465."

Cheers,
Russell


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