Kansas targets employers who don't pay immigrant workers

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

By ROXANA HEGEMAN
Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. | The Kansas Department of Labor is working closely with a Hispanic advocacy group to file wage claims against employers who refuse to pay workers, regardless of their immigration status.

Undocumented workers — often fearful of deportation if they complaining of unpaid wages — have long been reluctant to report labor abuses to authorities.

But more immigrants have been emboldened by a Kansas Supreme Court ruling last year that illegal immigrants like other workers were entitled to compensation under a state law that doubles the amount of money an employee can collect if an employer deliberately withholds wages.

So many workers have complained about labor abuses to the Sunflower Community Action group that Hispanic leaders asked Kansas Labor Secretary Jim Garner to attend a recent meeting in Wichita over the practice, said Emira Palacios, coordinator for the Wichita advocacy group.


Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/536522.html

[Rage for Order]

1. It's a good start

Maybe next they'll go after the employers who DO pay illegal aliens as well.

[Fovea]

2. Good point.

But you know, these scumbags are among the worst humanity has to offer.

Yes, it is certainly better that demand for tempslavery evaporates and real jobs for American citizens of all races take their place.

So let's take the metaphoric louisville slugger to these mofo's knees.

[Quantess]

3. That's next on the list, hopefully.

:toast: