Posted on 11/13/2006 8:18:04 PM PST by NormsRevenge
In an apparent crackdown on illegal immigrants that may signal more to come, Cintas, the large uniform manufacturer, placed six employees from its San Jose plant on unpaid leave Monday.
The move came after the workers failed to verify their Social Security numbers, a document required by employers to prove their workers have the right to be employed in the United States.
About 60 Cintas workers, labor organizers and immigrant advocates, rallying outside the East San Jose plant Monday afternoon, denounced the action. With 30,000 workers in five states, Cintas, is believed to be the first company in the country to enforce a controversial new regulation proposed and still under review by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The regulation requires employers to resolve the so-called Social Security ``no-match'' within two months of receiving a letter.
Opponents of the proposal fear that Cintas may be setting a trend that other employers could follow.
``All employers have a legal obligation to make sure that all employees are legally authorized to work in the U.S,'' said Cintas spokesman Wade Gates from company headquarters in Cincinnati.
``There's a very simple solution to this,'' he said. ``We've given the employees plenty of opportunity to resolve the issue at the Social Security Administration office.''
Hundreds of other employees around the country, including dozens in Bay Area plants, face a similar threat in the coming weeks ...
Officials of UNITE HERE, the union that is trying to organize Cintas workers, accused the company of targeting employees involved in the union and jumping the gun on proposed regulation whose fate is uncertain in the new Democratic-controlled Congress.
It is a controversial proposal widely opposed by business groups, municipalities, immigrant and legal advocates around the country, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
Had this been done nationwide a month before the election I think we would still have the majority in both Houses.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One can only hope...
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!
GOOD!
Si.
Fire and deport them.
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It's okay, my family couldn't afford medical insurance either. Sucks that my mom's death could have been prevented by proper medication and care (which we could not afford).
Yet, the illegals always got a free ride...
It seems that U.S. citizenship has little value in this age, except the right to be shaken in order to pay the bills.
I would like to say something shocking to show you all how far off center this whole invasion debate has taken us. Its going to sound foreign and unimaginable. Get ready now....
GO HOME!!!!
"...Yet, the illegals always got a free ride..."
Your account is sad and was so preventable. I am sorry.
I WAS illegal once for a short while I must admit (1970).
I needed medical care, but in those days WE paid cash for it, it was a 'code of honor' if you will: we didn't dare to milk the system that gave us jobs. Me and my buddies NEVER used the system, EVER. We paid cash for all our medical care and stayed out of trouble at all cost.
Different time, different mindset, different principles I guess.
If anything, it's the US government that's encouraged the free ride since that time.
Yup.
Actually the US encouraged illegals back then (you could get a SS card with ANY foreign ID); interesting fact is that the SS file was flagged even then, just the 'not able to work' status was ignored (I happend to stumble on some details).
Now you have leftist forces embracing this mess and supporting social services (that was unheard of back then).
Some days I wonder what happened to the US I became part of.
Gosh, it sounds an awful lot like that there union doesn't care if Cintas is a law abiding business.
"Had this been done nationwide a month before the election I think we would still have the majority in both Houses."
I expect the President could have issued an Executive Order for all employers to use this method and system. Any time, after he took office in 2001.
That would have eased opposition to his Immigration concepts, and would have given his party a big boost.
Any sitting legislator could introuce such a bill.
If any of them had wanted to--Republican or democrat. But didn't.
Establishing the NAU was considered more important to the global economy promoters, I guess. The fact they all took Oaths of Office on the Bible that said they would protect America from invasions didn't carry much weight when compared to retaining their status and shining powerchairs.
I was wondering why Cintas went on a sudden hiring spree in the Chicago area. Perhaps this explains it.
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