Posted on 01/02/2018 9:58:20 AM PST by jeannineinsd
The deal the worker struck was simple: $150 a day to tile a bathroom and stucco the walls of a home in Arcadia. The pay was to come at the end of each day but never did, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by the California labor commissioner.
After six days with no pay, the lawsuit alleges, the worker finally confronted his boss, who then snapped, called him a “wetback” and threatened to report him to immigration authorities.
“Let me share something with you, not only am I [an ex]-sheriff, my family are all in the police department,” the lawsuit says the boss wrote in a follow-up text message after refusing to pay the worker. “You want to come to my job & create a issue, I will handcuff you take you into custody & wait for I.C.E to come take you in for felony threats.”
The employer could not be reached for comment, but the claim is increasingly common. Complaints over immigration-related retaliation threats surged last year in California, according to the Labor Commissioner’s Office. Through Dec. 22, workers had filed 94 immigration-related retaliation claims with the office, up from 20 in all of 2016 and only seven a year earlier.
The cases include instances in which employers allegedly threatened to report workers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, after they raised issues over working conditions, including wage theft. Other allegations include employers demanding different documents than those required by federal immigration law or refusing to honor documents that appear genuine.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
What was the quality of the workmanship? Some Mexicans are pretty good tilers.
I read the article again, you may be right.
Judge: “show me the contract”
Judge: “ no contract, then show me the photos of your work”
Judge “ no photos, no crantact, what evidence do you have fo actually doing the work claimed”
Judge “ no evidence, no lawsuit. Judgement for the defendant”
Well, the homeowner’s plan was a good way to get work done cheaply (or free) but it depended on the worker not actually calling his bluff. He is now in big trouble.
And this simple verse from James comes to mind:
James 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Everything has become complicateder and complicteder!
What became of KISS???
Why can’t we all just grok simplicity and continuity?
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"Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts."
Do these bosses know they can be fined for knowingly hiring illegal aliens?....................
Deport them both?
In the prior administration the handyman probably thought he had protection from Obama’a Justice Department. Ditto in California. Times are changing - at least in Washington.
You are correct that there is likely another side to the story, and the LA Times does not inform us of the other side.
How about the illegal get the hell out of my country. As soon as he gets to court ICE should arrest and deport his ass.
Deport the homeowners? Hip flippant and stupid a comment is that?
If more of these illegals got stiffed the fewer would come. I applaud not paying his sorry ass. Work here at your own risk. Gringo may stiff you.
If the Employer knows they have illegal aliens, after the deportation the employer should go to prison!!
That would really be something else. The boss should spend ten years in jail just for being that stupid.
You should not hire illegals.
Nor should you stiff someone who puts in a full day’s work.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Judge: “Mr ICE agent please arrest that man!”
Thanks.
Are there names and addresses?
The thought of a contractor or homeowner hiring an illegal alien and then complaining about the quality of the work is both comical and pathetic.
The story cited in the article involves a lawsuit against the contractor, so I assume there’s a defendant who has actually been named.
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