Chicago bakery loses 800 workers after immigration raid

WGN 9 ^ | 11-28-17 | Melissa Espana

[ConservaTeen]

Help Wanted— 800 Americans...Immediate employment... :-)

[catnipman]

keep doing this and the illegals will be forced to self-deport and the market will be forced to pay living wages to actual citizens with no need for minimum wage laws ...

[tomkat]

Company officials blamed the illegal-immigrant workforce on an outside staffing firm

And the dog ate their homework.
Color me unpersuaded.

[texas booster]

What, they couldn't find 800 ghetto girls in Chicago to bake that bread?

Do you have any idea how early these bakers needs to get up? Sometimes before 1 PM!

And to show up night after night.

Positively ruins skank date night.

[Thibodeaux]

——Company officials blamed the illegal-immigrant workforce on an outside staffing firm-—

That was hired as a cut out for plausible deniability

[political1]

A Swiss company in the United States, hiring illegal immigrants.

[Pride in the USA]

“A spokesman said the bakery is struggling to replace staff, is facing pressure to raise wages, and has lost $21 million due to the disruption.”

That’s what happens when you break the law and hire a lot of illegals.

[lonevoice]

Yep, and it needs to happen every day until it stops.

[Kickass Conservative]

My Headline:

800 New Job Openings in Chicago!

[rottndog]

Um...let me check...

Nope, not tired of winning yet...

[TheNext]

Pay more?

Why do people not assume they will instead pay less when illegal activity ceases?

If I illegally steal your lawnmower each year, you pay less if legalized.

[central_va]

You’re so full of sh!t your eyes are brown.

[eyeamok]

Shouldn’t the welfare case worker’s be sending the lazy ones out there immediately after a raid to get those jobs?

[doug from upland]

good plan

[doug from upland]

If they hire Americans, they are going to have to increase wages. ECON 101 - you pass on those costs to the consumer or you go out of business.

[thingumbob]

LOL! When I heard that ICE was preparing to raid a large corporate entity and deport any illegals found, my FIRST thought was; “its probably McDonalds.” Instead its a McDonalds supplier....close enough.

[ColdOne]

They say there are not any feel good stories out there anymore.

[Flaming Conservative]

Yep. Taxpayers are on the hook for all the programs they and their illegal git suck down. I would rather pay $5 for a head of lettuce knowing the people employed are US citizens instead of $1 and have to fund the illgals, while employers pocket the profits.

Unfortunately, we usually end up doing both.

[TheNext]

ECON 202 The truth is elsewhere for complex systems, not in the immediate.

If if quit stealing your lawnmower, both our labor values increase, including the police, the city, the State, your neighbors, our families etc.

It is NOT a direct, obvious relation.

[9YearLurker]

As an employer you are not allowed to question the legitimacy of documents employees like that present.

Sure, they knew what was what, but it also would have been illegal for them to “discriminate”.