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Fired workers sue Stemilt — bosses let them work with bogus documents, they say
The Wenatchee World ^ | May 19, 2010 | Michelle McNiel

Posted on 05/20/2010 6:59:19 AM PDT by epithermal

Two former employees of Stemilt Growers say the company allowed them to work for years with invalid work documents but then fired them after they made claims for on-the-job injuries.

Ricardo Montes and Rodrigo Herrera sued the Wenatchee-based fruit giant April 26 in Chelan County Superior Court.

The two men claim Stemilt officials knew they were working with false Social Security numbers yet continued to employ them for several years. It was only after they suffered injuries that they were fired and denied medical benefits because they did not have the proper employment documents, they claim in the lawsuit.

(Excerpt) Read more at wenatcheeworld.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegals; immigration; washington

1 posted on 05/20/2010 6:59:19 AM PDT by epithermal
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To: epithermal

Sounds like some PRO illegals lawyer is looking for a big payday.


2 posted on 05/20/2010 7:01:00 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: epithermal

Oh what a tangle web we weave...


3 posted on 05/20/2010 7:01:08 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Obie Wan Nairobi from the 1/2 dark side. The farce with this one strong, it is...)
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To: epithermal

“Two former employees of Stemilt Growers say the company allowed them to work for years with invalid work documents but then fired them after they made claims for on-the-job injuries.”

TFB


4 posted on 05/20/2010 7:01:13 AM PDT by Grunthor (Faster than the speed of smell.)
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To: epithermal

Since they are illegals, they should have no rights to sue anyone in this country. I would say go after the company but only because they hired these people. As for the law suit, it should be dismissed.


5 posted on 05/20/2010 7:02:18 AM PDT by RC2
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To: epithermal
I've been debating illegal immigration with libs on a different site and I've been pointing out that their status quo of employing illegals at below minimum wage is immoral and a form of slavery...which echos the racist and pro-slavery history of the democrat party.

This is just another result of liberal policies.

6 posted on 05/20/2010 7:03:35 AM PDT by highlander_UW (First we take down the Democrats, then we clean the Augean stable that is the GOP.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

WE had an employer in our city that hired illegals. About once a year they would be raided by INS. This continued until it got publicized that this always occurred right before a payday.


7 posted on 05/20/2010 7:04:04 AM PDT by aimhigh
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To: epithermal

If you were working illegally, then compensation for back injury on the job is the fruit of the poisoned tree and disallowed.


8 posted on 05/20/2010 7:04:57 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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To: epithermal

Isn’t using a fake SS# a felony?


9 posted on 05/20/2010 7:08:03 AM PDT by Jedidah (Character, courage, common sense are more important than issues.)
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To: RC2

>> I would say go after the company but only because they hired these people. As for the law suit, it should be dismissed.

Agree.

And... go after the employer with a vengeance.

Hiring an illegal should be a felony for *all* company officers who knew about it, or should have known. Mandatory ten years in Federal prison.


10 posted on 05/20/2010 7:08:40 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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To: bert
This is one of those situations I'd rather just turn the page and go right to the funnies and horoscope.

I was scum until Jesus saved me.
My understanding of repentence and forgiveness sometimes interferes with the rule of law.

11 posted on 05/20/2010 7:10:00 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: RC2
Good point, but I would make the case that there is a special place in hell for an employer who hires illegal aliens for years and then fires them after they report workplace injuries.

This case sounds very similar to another troubling one reported here some months ago -- involving an employer who contested a workers' compensation claim on the basis that the employee in question was an illegal alien. The article posted here was about a court verdict in the illegal alien's favor. I think the court made the correct decision in that case.

12 posted on 05/20/2010 7:17:22 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Let the Eastern bastards freeze in the dark.")
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To: bert

“If you were working illegally, then compensation for back injury on the job is the fruit of the poisoned tree and disallowed.”

But then the profits made by the company by means of the employment would also be “fruit of the poisoned tree and disallowed.”

Right?


13 posted on 05/20/2010 7:18:32 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: epithermal

A pox on both their houses.


14 posted on 05/20/2010 7:20:47 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (0bummer calls opponents "Teabaggers". So we can call Kagan "Carpet Muncher." Right?)
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To: epithermal
Two former employees of Stemilt Growers say the company allowed them to work for years with invalid work documents...

That they say this does not make it true. If they used the documents to report income to the government and complied with all the labor laws, then I'd be more willing to cut them some slack. Do we have proof that they did not learn of the fraud while investigating the injury claims?

15 posted on 05/20/2010 7:28:42 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (Flame away...)
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To: epithermal

I call BS.
IF they wre working & receiving W-2’s at the end of the year-—sending a copy of such W-2 to the Social Security Admin at Jan 31 of new year would have triggered a mis-match.
It used to take almost 6 months to get back a “Non-Match” notice from the SS Admin. Now- it takes only about 6 weeks.

IF every time a Mis-Match showed up, these 2 provided ‘new documents’ and bought another year’s time, then for sure employer is wrong.

IF they were “working there for years” this would have been a problem much earlier.

If there are more illegal intruders working at this company- throw the book at them & make sure all of them are deported—preferably branded on their forehead.

Lots of those deported come right back into the states within 5 days. They just head to another part of the country, and the fun starts all over again.


16 posted on 05/20/2010 7:45:49 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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Ping!


17 posted on 05/20/2010 2:00:15 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Illegal is a Crime, it is not a Race ~)
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