I had to check that I wasn’t reading The Onion as I read this. Are they kidding? Wouldn’t there be complaints if the companies did nothing and were cited by the feds for ignoring the bad SS numbers/names issue?
Immigrant rights group calls for boycott
“The social security administration says it plans to send out 8 million no match letters,” said Martino Unzuerta, Chicago Workers Collaborative.
The initial purpose of the social security administration’s ‘no match’ letter was to credit workers unclaimed social security earnings. The agency routinely sends out ‘no match’ letters to a company when employees’ names and social security numbers don’t match possibly because of a spelling error, omission of information or a unreported name change. But immigration activists say some employers are now aggressively using the letters to fire immigrant workers.
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Groups accuse several companies of the practice using ‘no match’ letters to immigrant workers who don’t have valid social security numbers. They want the public to boycott businesses, including Applebee’s and Dunkin Donuts. Neither company could be reached for comment.
Omar, move your cursor over her and a menu bar comes up with a close button.
I am not going to boycott companies who fire people who are essentially committing identity theft in order to get a job. They should have never been hired in the first place. I’m all for civil, human, and even immigrant rights, but this situation doesn’t fall into any of those categories. It pisses me off that these people think I should be OK with someone steeling S.S. #s to get a job, and then branding it racism when the feds bust people who are using these S.S.#’s which is, at the very least, fraud. I’m assuming these would be stolen numbers as they would have to be valid in order to work with the system.
Boycott companies for responding appropriately to cases where a Social Security number was stolen and may be putting the rightful owner through financial ruin! These people have to be insane to think that everyone will go along with this!
See the following story to see what can happen to you if your SS number is stolen! Think the government will help you straighten out this mess? Think again!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6814673/
“MSNBC.com research and government reports suggest hundreds of thousands of American citizens are in the same spot — unknowingly lending their identity to illegal immigrants so they can work. And while several government agencies and private corporations sometimes know whose Social Security numbers are being ripped off, they won’t notify the victims. That is, until they come after the victims for back taxes or unpaid loans owed by the imposter.”
Steve
Yeah, I work for an applebees now and have worked at TGI Fridays as a manger – we had to verify SS#s with the SSA before step 2 of the hiring process after we lost half our employees one day when the social security office let us know that 17 african immigrants were all sharing one ss#!
Its true – immigrants are not doing the jobs american’s dont want…. They have just made those jobs so low-paying that most can’t live off it… Even 2 people making $8/hour 40hrs a week is not enough to live better than the trailer park or a dumpy 1 bedroom apartment in cracktown….I used to make a great living as a cook at fridays, making almost $20 an hour! After the african illegals came in, suddenly they lost intest in paying one guy that when they could pay 4 cooks $5 / hour!
Remember when you eat somewhere with the illegals working there. Most of these guys have the equivilant of a 3rd grade education – they generally dont even grasp the concept of washing themselves, let alone do they understand the neccesary things about food safety – i watch these africans grab a handful of raw fish, then grab a handful of french fries and put them on your plate without washing their hands ever! Their idea of brushing their gnarled rotten teeth is rubbing a finger on them with some water!
I personally avoid casual dining restaurants like the plague – filled with uneducated ignorant illegals who are just waiting to fill you with food poisining! Your safer at fast food – less handling of the food and you can SEE them make it. Dont ever trust a restaurant with a closed kitchen, I have worked at 10-15 different restaurants over the past 20 years and the vast majority of them are filthy cochroach infested hellholes (and these are all big name chains too! this isnt bobs family diner)