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Imported Cheap Labor Forced to Foot Bill for their own Exploitation

You might remember the huge outrage when instead of hiring local workers in New Orleans for Katrina reconstruction, companies imported cheap labor via guest worker Visas. The Bush administration also suspended an order to pay below prevailing wage...

Well, some of those exploited guest workers tried to sue. This is the result.

court rules:

A federal appeals court has ruled a Louisiana hotel chain wasn't obligated to cover the relocation expenses incurred by immigrant workers recruited to work in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.