Jul 17, 2008 12:32 pm US/Central
Immigrant O'Hare Temp Workers Allege Exploitation
Lawsuit: Ideal Staffing Owes Thousands Of Hours In Unpaid Wages
CHICAGO (AP) ―
A group of immigrant workers has filed a lawsuit claiming they were exploited by a staffing firm and several companies that employ temporary workers at O'Hare International Airport.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Cook County.
It alleges airlines and other companies used Ideal Staffing to hire laborers owed thousands of hours of unpaid wages.
Attorney Jed Untereker says the companies are not taking responsibility for their workers.
Several of the immigrants filing suit were arrested in a raid at O'Hare last year, which rounded up workers who allegedly used fake work documents.
Untereker says the lawsuit is separate from the federal criminal investigation.
He says immigration status isn't relevant to labor law.
A telephone number for Ideal Staffing has been disconnected.
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