Georgia Wage Fight Moves To Supreme Court (Illegals lowering wages)

[losdiablosgato]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed today to hear an appeal by a Georgia floor-covering company sued by current and former employees who allege the firm hired hundreds of illegal immigrants to suppress worker wages.

The high court will focus on whether a company and its agents, in performing corporate duties, can be considered a racketeering enterprise under civil provisions of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

The appeal was brought by Mohawk Industries Incorporated, a Georgia manufacturer of rugs and floor coverings. A trial court judge denied Mohawk's request to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the current and former employees, and the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit U-S Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court.

Lawyers for a group of Mohawk's current and former workers urged the high court to stay out of the case. They argued the 11th Circuit's ruling "breaks no new ground and does not criminalize routine corporate conduct."

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. No, illegals are not lowering wages...Mohawk is lowering wages

and may be guilty of violating racketeering and hiring laws.