🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 15 May 2005 16:00:40 -0500, "arminius" <richard
norton@cybertrails.com> wrote:

Gee..if this keeps up, "arminius" will be paying out the nose for a
breast and a leg of chicken the next time he goes shopping at his 
neighborhood grocery store.  
>
>"Kitty" <cowgirla@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:CtidnRNO99WPCRrfRVn-sw@comcast.com...
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>> "Lets Roll" <LetsRoll@Meet-Me-In-Hell.com> wrote in message
>> news:118f1lrhh1uj145@corp.supernews.com...
>> > The local Hispanic community reacted to the news with a combination of
>> fear
>> > and resentment since they have constituted the majority of the estimated
>> > 2000 person workforce at Claxton Poultry for the past 10 years. Two
>plant
>> > workers were arrested by the Claxton Police Department last month and
>> > charged with felony fraud for using forged IDs. One former worker, who
>> asked
>> > not to be identified, stated that some of the plant's Hispanic employees
>> had
>> > used false or stolen social security numbers when they were hired at the
>> > plant and there is a fear among some longtime employees that more of
>them
>> > are now in danger of losing their jobs. " We have given our lives to
>this
>> > business," she said. "And now that they no longer need us, we'll just be
>> > thrown away." The worker said that her friends are angry because they
>> > believe the new Korean work force will be given preferential treatment
>> > because of their visa status.
>> >
>> > ***Note a lousy 10 years of identity theft and illegal employment
>> > constitutes to them having given their lives for something.  And they
>have
>> > the unmitigated gall to complain that someone will be given preferential
>> > treatment because they follow the rules!  Yet Mexicans have been allowed
>> to
>> > run amok for so long that they expect, DEMAND, preferential treatment
>for
>> > the simple reason that they routinely break all the rules!  While this
>> > development does not bode any good for Americans, it does my heart
>> > immeasurable good to see the Mexicans taking it in the ass for a change.
>> > Welcome to the slave auction blocks and unemployment lines you created
>in
>> > America, mojados!
>> >
>> > http://www.tell-n-sell.net/LaVoz/edicion%20actual/Locales/art2eng.htm
>> > Claxton Poultry To Hire Workers from Korea
>> >
>> >
>> > by John Newton
>> >
>> > The decision by one of Southeast Georgia's largest employers of Hispanic
>> > workers to contract with a major South Korean employment agency sent
>shock
>> > waves throughout the Hispanic community in and around Claxton, Georgia
>> > recently. Local newspapers reported that Claxton Poultry, Inc., located
>in
>> > Evans County, had arranged for the Kukjei agency to act as the
>> intermediary
>> > in relocating hundreds of Korean families to nearby Bulloch County, so
>> that
>> > they could work in the poultry processing facility. The lack of local
>> > housing and Evans county's inability to absorb hundreds of Korean school
>> > children were cited as reasons for their decision to house the Korean
>> > families in Statesboro. Press reports said that as many as 300 Korean
>> > families can be expected to relocate to the area by the end of the year.
>> >
>> > The local Hispanic community reacted to the news with a combination of
>> fear
>> > and resentment since they have constituted the majority of the estimated
>> > 2000 person workforce at Claxton Poultry for the past 10 years. Two
>plant
>> > workers were arrested by the Claxton Police Department last month and
>> > charged with felony fraud for using forged IDs. One former worker, who
>> asked
>> > not to be identified, stated that some of the plant's Hispanic employees
>> had
>> > used false or stolen social security numbers when they were hired at the
>> > plant and there is a fear among some longtime employees that more of
>them
>> > are now in danger of losing their jobs. " We have given our lives to
>this
>> > business," she said. "And now that they no longer need us, we'll just be
>> > thrown away." The worker said that her friends are angry because they
>> > believe the new Korean work force will be given preferential treatment
>> > because of their visa status.
>> >
>> > According to Kukjei spokesman, Simon Ahn, Claxton Poultry was looking to
>> > Korea for a more stable work force since the company has experienced a
>> high
>> > turnover rate with their local workforce in the past. His agency will
>help
>> > the Korean immigrants to find housing, get social security numbers and
>> > driver's licenses and buy furniture and cars. Under a special visa
>> program,
>> > Ahn said that the Korean immigrants would all qualify for permanent
>legal
>> > status in the U.S. after working at the poultry plant for one year. He
>> > further explained that most of these families were college educated
>> Koreans
>> > who were bringing as much as $200,000 in savings with them and they were
>> > willing to work at entry-level jobs in exchange for the chance to become
>> > U.S. citizens.
>> > Toby Spirer, a spokesman for Claxton Poultry, stressed that the program
>> was
>> > a "pilot program" that could be discontinued if it were unsuccessful in
>> > meeting company objectives and he said that the total number of workers
>to
>> > be hired were unknown at this time. "Previous press reports about the
>> number
>> > of Koreans who will participate in this guest worker program are wildly
>> > exaggerated," he said. "Claxton Poultry is an equal opportunity employer
>> and
>> > all hiring decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color,
>or
>> > creed. We have always welcomed anyone who is willing to work and we will
>> pay
>> > them competitive wages."
>> > Founded in 1959 by Savannah native, Norman Fries, Claxton Poultry
>> processes
>> > nearly 5 million pounds of meat each week and its logo featuring a
>smiling
>> > kid taking a bite out of a chicken leg is familiar to grocery shoppers
>> > throughout South Georgia. The company has received both national and
>local
>> > recognition for its efforts to be a " good neighbor" and has made
>> > substantial food and monetary contributions to the Hispanic community in
>> the
>> > past. La Voz plans to publish a more detailed story on this subject next
>> > month.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> may they all ROT in peace----too bad for the hispanics........life goes
>> on---GO HOME!
>>
>> Kitty
>>
>>
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