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LUHiWY Donating Member (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 02:06 PM
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A new tragedy is unfolding in New Orleans...........?

SOS in two different ways...same old **** and they need help?


http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=174

"A new tragedy is unfolding in New Orleans. Immigrants doing backbreaking clean-up are being ruthlessly exploited while big companies hide behind subcontractors and line their pockets with public money. Meanwhile, the Bush administration looks the other way, just like it did in the days after Katrina hit.

The Center's Immigrant Justice Project (IJP) is litigating two major lawsuits against reconstruction contractors and advocating for stronger federal enforcement of worker protection laws. The Center is also making a major effort to mobilize supporters and other concerned citizens to urge President Bush to stop the injustice.

"Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse," said Center chief trial counsel Morris Dees."
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 02:11 PM
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1. Welcome to the new world order...n/t
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 02:11 PM
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2. Eyewitness account
Immigrants are doing that grunt labor that Americans will not do in and around New Orleans and over into Mississippi and for not much money. And yet, conservatives would have them run out of town and across the border. Who the hell would pick up the slack then?
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 02:21 PM
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3. Brought to you by the people who suspended Davis-Bacon
Until they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 02:37 PM
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4. Precisely
Americans can and will do the work. We just expect the employers to follow all those pesky little labor laws and provide a decent wage.
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lisainmilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 02:45 PM
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5. SMILES
WELL SAID!
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 03:29 PM
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6. YES!!!
:patriot:
Say it again!

"Americans can and will do the work. We just expect the employers to follow all those pesky little labor laws and provide a decent wage."

I was there after Katrina.
I KNOW!
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 08:14 PM
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7. I think you did just fine!
Thank You
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 09:58 PM
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8. Morris Dees - a great American. Way to go, Mr. Dees!
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-03-06 06:21 AM
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9. Whad'ya think was gonna happen ... ?
... after BushCo waived the Davis-Bacon laws? Saw this coming from a 1000 miles away.
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