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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:01 AM Original message |
100 Nepalese workers go missing from Huntsville, AL company |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. 100 workers seem to have stolen furniture etc . . . and have taken off |
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elusivecat (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. 100 workers seem to have stolen furniture; What is the real story behind it? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I agree that the scumbag that made an obscene profit by bringing |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Did they hire these workers instead of Americans because they work cheaper? |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. So 100 workers decided to go on an unannounced "vacation", and |
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tnlurker (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. They had 240 of them working in this plant |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. H'ville is AL's high-tech area, Marshall Space Flight Center & Redstone Arsenal ... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. so um uh -- how much of this is actually overstated? nt |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. Hold it a minute. What kind of company just happens to have hired 100 people from Nepal? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. A company that looks for the cheapest workers to import, apparently. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Its gotta be cheaper to let a Mexican walk into the country than to ship a Nepalese half way round |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Are you condoning the hiring of ILLEGAL immigrants?!? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Ah, but H2Bs are perfectly legal |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. It is cheaper but it is a company with high level government |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Many Nepalis are desperate to escape the turmoil in their country ... |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. many Americans are anxious to escape the turmoil in their country, but |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. Looks like 100 Alabamans have an employment opportunity.. |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. yeah their going to need to drag any lakes and rivers for |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. The shifts are long (12 hours) and the pay is low ($ 8/hr.) |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Thanks for link leftinalabama.com ! nt |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. K&Recommended! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. There was a bizarre story out of, I believe, Georgia recently regarding the hiring of |
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