Mississippi Business Journal » foreign worker http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Foreign workers sue shipyard over work conditions, treatment http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/foreign-workers-sue-shipyard-over-work-conditions-treatment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foreign-workers-sue-shipyard-over-work-conditions-treatment http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/foreign-workers-sue-shipyard-over-work-conditions-treatment/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 12:34:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=75267 PASCAGOULA — Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina. Three federal lawsuits backed by the Southern Poverty Law Center were filed in Mississippi and [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/22/foreign-workers-sue-shipyard-over-work-conditions-treatment/feed/ 0 Attorney asks for time in illegal immigrant-harboring case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/attorney-asks-for-time-in-illegal-immigrant-harboring-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attorney-asks-for-time-in-illegal-immigrant-harboring-case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/attorney-asks-for-time-in-illegal-immigrant-harboring-case/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:46:11 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70857 ABERDEEN — An attorney wants to delay the trial of a man charged with money laundering and harboring illegal immigrants. James Massey Jr. and A-1 Homes, LLC are accused of trying to conceal payments to an illegal immigrant who worked for the company. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s office shows the company with a Horn [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/attorney-asks-for-time-in-illegal-immigrant-harboring-case/feed/ 0 Cochran cosponsors amendment postponing changes to visa program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/18/cochran-cosponsors-amendment-postponing-changes-to-visa-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cochran-cosponsors-amendment-postponing-changes-to-visa-program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/18/cochran-cosponsors-amendment-postponing-changes-to-visa-program/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:30:46 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=58700 WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is co-sponsoring an amendment to again stop the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing new regulations for a temporary foreign worker visa program that, according to Cochran, would make it harder for seasonal industries, like shrimping, to survive. Cochran is vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved [...]

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