The LA Times today published this story of a criminal corporation which has a basic business plan of recruiting and hiring illegal workers and forcing them to work in dangerous workplaces for low pay. They then compete with legal firms to sell their products. Think the legal firms will be raising the pay of their legal American workers anytime soon?
I also notice that the company, IFCO, is part of a Dutch conglomerate. I hope the Justice Department puts them out of business and confiscates their assets. Their international website is here. This is a major multinational firm.
Here is the Press Release sent presented by IFCO Systems (.pdf file) on April 21, 2005 regarding the ICE raid in the U.S. I found it on their German(English) website. It looks like something written by the Bush White HOuse to cover up the latest screwup. Give the Press a statement, but don't say anything except that "We are not to blame for what those employees did." Sort of like the Pentagon and high Army brass responding to Abu Ghraib. Here is a quote:
We are cooperating fully with ICE and other authorities including voluntarily allowing ICE to visit many of our facilities this past Wednesday. We are now working to understand the facts and will implement any additional changes necessary to further improve our current procedures. So that we will be able to move forward with confidence, we have begun an internal investigation that will be headed by outside counsel. Pending the outcome of our investigation, the local IFCO managers arrested yesterday have been placed on temporary leave from the company. In cooperation with ICE, we will be reviewing the status of our temporarily detained hourly workers across the country on a case by case basis.Shorter version: "Gambling? Here? I never knew that!"
Read the article.
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