Cenk Uygur
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Worker Deported For Getting Hurt On The Job
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December 17, 2017
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4:57Now PlayingAbednego de la Cruz was fired and deported for getting hurt on the job. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Michael Shure, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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"Florida construction companies allegedly have a pattern of hiring undocumented immigrants, then calling authorities on injured employees rather than paying for workers’ compensation. This all got covered in a yearlong investigation by The Naples Daily News.
Case in point: 37-year-old Abednego de la Cruz. He said he sustained a bone-deep cut to his finger on a job building a fire station in Tallahassee. In response, his employer fired him and didn’t pay for medical treatment. De La Cruz tried to take advantage of workers’ compensation, and that led to his former boss calling the cops on him. He now faces deportation.
It’s part of vicious cycle, as laid out in the report. In spite of federal requirements that bosses verify if applicants can legally work, some employers in the Florida construction industry allegedly do not do that. But they will call authorities on undocumented employees who end up filing for an injury claim.
Cora Cisneros Molloy, an attorney out of Morgan & Morgan‘s Fort Myers office, said it’s a simple matter for bosses to verify an applicant’s Social Security number upon hiring."
Hosts: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Michael Shure
Cast: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Michael Shure
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