Chinese people CHEAT my wife regularly

[steveandrong]

i think every small town in america has at least one of these slave labor restuarants...is one here called "China Inn"...opened about 13 years ago...one of the workers there was an english speaking fellow whom i would talk to...we became friends and he told me all about the situation there....in china, he was a university math teacher, but wanted to come to america, the "Land of Opportunity" as he called it....he was informed in china that he could quickly come to the usa as a worker in a restuarant....but in echange for this, he would need to work at our local "China Inn" for the wages the restuarant paid and he would also have to pay to the restuarant owner $30k usd, to be deducted from his pay(which i am sure eventually ended up in the hands of some equivalent of the chinese mafia)...he also was required to live in an apartment with all the other 23 workers where they all slept on the floor on their roll up bamboo mat....his work hours there was from 10:00a.m. to 12:00 midnight each day....he knew this would never end...how can you ever work this off?..is like having your credit card maxxed out and only making minimum payments...so he somehow got a little money together and disappeared....ended up in NYC where he has a sister who just happens to also be working in a chinese garment factory sweatshop(she hates it there and wishes she could go back to china)....have not heard from him for a few years, but the last i heard, he was attending university getting his degree here so can eventually be a teacher again.....dont know if is worth noting or not, but the restuarant owners are Fujian people...maybe is part of the reason Fujian immigrants are on the "Red Flag" list for visa's?

[Aiwen & Jim]

Sorry to hear this Threadbare.

 

If this is happening in the US I would report this. I know you are trying to get work without the EAD card but if people allow this to happen it will never stop. Hell, turn the table on their sorry arses. They have more to loose if they get caught.

 

Maybe that is bad advise but I have "revolutionary" blood in my veins. My wife lectures me on it all the time. I tell her that there once was a time when the whole world thought of Americans as being "revolutionary"

 

Why can't she get an ITIN number and use this? Will it still be illegal to work in the US?

[Dennis143]

My wife worked for various Chinese bosses for 5 years. When we met online she was working for a Chinese buffet in Fairbanks Alaska in the dead of winter. The cooks and servers lived in a two bedroom one bath apartment, men in one bedroom women in the other. The buffet owner cut off the gas, so there was no heat...

 

I know too well of the exploitive business practices of Chinese owners. Seems most non-English speaking Chinese must run the risk of working for such an owner. If you are undocumented, forget it. You're on the bottom of the food chain.

 

Get this fact straight. Your wife, being married to an American will garner instant respect! Never under estimate this. Leiqin realizes it now. And, so do I.

 

My point about extortion may have been lost on some. However, you need to understand how these business owners do not want to rock the boat. An American's mere presence and politely asking will usually be enough to elevate your wife to a paid position and privileges. Don't sit on your hands in fear of wearing a striped suit. Man up and take care of her!

[Guest Tony n Terrific]

i think every small town in america has at least one of these slave labor restuarants...is one here called "China Inn"...opened about 13 years ago...one of the workers there was an english speaking fellow whom i would talk to...we became friends and he told me all about the situation there....in china, he was a university math teacher, but wanted to come to america, the "Land of Opportunity" as he called it....he was informed in china that he could quickly come to the usa as a worker in a restuarant....but in echange for this, he would need to work at our local "China Inn" for the wages the restuarant paid and he would also have to pay to the restuarant owner $30k usd, to be deducted from his pay(which i am sure eventually ended up in the hands of some equivalent of the chinese mafia)...he also was required to live in an apartment with all the other 23 workers where they all slept on the floor on their roll up bamboo mat....his work hours there was from 10:00a.m. to 12:00 midnight each day....he knew this would never end...how can you ever work this off?..is like having your credit card maxxed out and only making minimum payments...so he somehow got a little money together and disappeared....ended up in NYC where he has a sister who just happens to also be working in a chinese garment factory sweatshop(she hates it there and wishes she could go back to china)....have not heard from him for a few years, but the last i heard, he was attending university getting his degree here so can eventually be a teacher again.....dont know if is worth noting or not, but the restuarant owners are Fujian people...maybe is part of the reason Fujian immigrants are on the "Red Flag" list for visa's?

My area is the same way. It seems all the Chinese Immigrants are from Fujian province. A restuarant here locally has all Chinese workers working there and all of them come to this place via NYC China town in Manhattan. They need more workers no problem call 212- xxx-xxxx and a they are on the Greyhound heading west that very day.

[rogerluli]

i think every small town in america has at least one of these slave labor restuarants...is one here called "China Inn"...opened about 13 years ago...one of the workers there was an english speaking fellow whom i would talk to...we became friends and he told me all about the situation there....in china, he was a university math teacher, but wanted to come to america, the "Land of Opportunity" as he called it....he was informed in china that he could quickly come to the usa as a worker in a restuarant....but in echange for this, he would need to work at our local "China Inn" for the wages the restuarant paid and he would also have to pay to the restuarant owner $30k usd, to be deducted from his pay(which i am sure eventually ended up in the hands of some equivalent of the chinese mafia)...he also was required to live in an apartment with all the other 23 workers where they all slept on the floor on their roll up bamboo mat....his work hours there was from 10:00a.m. to 12:00 midnight each day....he knew this would never end...how can you ever work this off?..is like having your credit card maxxed out and only making minimum payments...so he somehow got a little money together and disappeared....ended up in NYC where he has a sister who just happens to also be working in a chinese garment factory sweatshop(she hates it there and wishes she could go back to china)....have not heard from him for a few years, but the last i heard, he was attending university getting his degree here so can eventually be a teacher again.....dont know if is worth noting or not, but the restuarant owners are Fujian people...maybe is part of the reason Fujian immigrants are on the "Red Flag" list for visa's?

 

I guess the owner here is benevolent... His workers only work 10 hour days and actually get one day off per week and there are only 9 people in an apartment...I also heard of someone coming over recently to another state who had to pay $80,000 to get smuggled in...Let's see at $2000 / month pay that's only 40 months of being a slave if you wouldn't spend a dime...

[lostinblue]

You could always picket the place . You might have the news media in there fast

[steveandrong]

i think every small town in america has at least one of these slave labor restuarants...is one here called "China Inn"...opened about 13 years ago...one of the workers there was an english speaking fellow whom i would talk to...we became friends and he told me all about the situation there....in china, he was a university math teacher, but wanted to come to america, the "Land of Opportunity" as he called it....he was informed in china that he could quickly come to the usa as a worker in a restuarant....but in echange for this, he would need to work at our local "China Inn" for the wages the restuarant paid and he would also have to pay to the restuarant owner $30k usd, to be deducted from his pay(which i am sure eventually ended up in the hands of some equivalent of the chinese mafia)...he also was required to live in an apartment with all the other 23 workers where they all slept on the floor on their roll up bamboo mat....his work hours there was from 10:00a.m. to 12:00 midnight each day....he knew this would never end...how can you ever work this off?..is like having your credit card maxxed out and only making minimum payments...so he somehow got a little money together and disappeared....ended up in NYC where he has a sister who just happens to also be working in a chinese garment factory sweatshop(she hates it there and wishes she could go back to china)....have not heard from him for a few years, but the last i heard, he was attending university getting his degree here so can eventually be a teacher again.....dont know if is worth noting or not, but the restuarant owners are Fujian people...maybe is part of the reason Fujian immigrants are on the "Red Flag" list for visa's?

 

I guess the owner here is benevolent... His workers only work 10 hour days and actually get one day off per week and there are only 9 people in an apartment...I also heard of someone coming over recently to another state who had to pay $80,000 to get smuggled in...Let's see at $2000 / month pay that's only 40 months of being a slave if you wouldn't spend a dime...

[steveandrong]

i think every small town in america has at least one of these slave labor restuarants...is one here called "China Inn"...opened about 13 years ago...one of the workers there was an english speaking fellow whom i would talk to...we became friends and he told me all about the situation there....in china, he was a university math teacher, but wanted to come to america, the "Land of Opportunity" as he called it....he was informed in china that he could quickly come to the usa as a worker in a restuarant....but in echange for this, he would need to work at our local "China Inn" for the wages the restuarant paid and he would also have to pay to the restuarant owner $30k usd, to be deducted from his pay(which i am sure eventually ended up in the hands of some equivalent of the chinese mafia)...he also was required to live in an apartment with all the other 23 workers where they all slept on the floor on their roll up bamboo mat....his work hours there was from 10:00a.m. to 12:00 midnight each day....he knew this would never end...how can you ever work this off?..is like having your credit card maxxed out and only making minimum payments...so he somehow got a little money together and disappeared....ended up in NYC where he has a sister who just happens to also be working in a chinese garment factory sweatshop(she hates it there and wishes she could go back to china)....have not heard from him for a few years, but the last i heard, he was attending university getting his degree here so can eventually be a teacher again.....dont know if is worth noting or not, but the restuarant owners are Fujian people...maybe is part of the reason Fujian immigrants are on the "Red Flag" list for visa's?

 

I guess the owner here is benevolent... His workers only work 10 hour days and actually get one day off per week and there are only 9 people in an apartment...I also heard of someone coming over recently to another state who had to pay $80,000 to get smuggled in...Let's see at $2000 / month pay that's only 40 months of being a slave if you wouldn't spend a dime...

$2k a month????....i think if even if very very lucky, at here, they are getting $1k a month....but, then again, this is "smalltown" usa....and back when i met my friend at this restuarant, i dont think he was making much over $500/mo....if that

[tonado]

Don't blame all Chinese people. Unfortunately your wife just happens to have bad employers. Bad employers come in all places.

[Sebastian]

TB -

 

Welcome to the land of the Helping Taiwanese Expats.

 

If you'd like to learn more about it, PM me with a good contact phone number.

 

If you would rather focus on the EAD, schedule an InfoPass appointment.

[tsap seui]

Don't blame all Chinese people. Unfortunately your wife just happens to have bad employers. Bad employers come in all places.

 

Yeah, count me in on the bad employers side. What is the rest of that 212-xxx-xxxx number in Manhatten, I want to get rid of some sorryassed lazy american workers that want more than $7 an hour...the bastards!!!!

 

C. More Profits

[Robert S.]

The free work time period is to "pay" the people already working there for their trouble in teaching the newbie everything needed to work in that place. It does not go on forever. My own stepdaughter went thru this even though she did have her EAD card.

[Sebastian]

The free work time period is to "pay" the people already working there for their trouble in teaching the newbie everything needed to work in that place. It does not go on forever. My own stepdaughter went thru this even though she did have her EAD card.

 

 

Ya, this is a carry over from PRC, Taiwan, HKG and Malaysia.

 

Regardless of your background, yer 'training period' is not paid.

This could be a time period of one-week to 6 weeks, ime.

 

Things aren't supposed to be 'legal' for this occurence in the USA.

 

Bt if TB's wife is trying to 'work illegally', she has to play by the owner's rules. Things change, of course, when she has a SSN.

[Tine & Ella]

Then when TB'S wife gets EAD and SSN they would not hire her due to the fact they would not want to pay min. wage.

 

Tine

[Randy W]

$2k a month????....i think if even if very very lucky, at here, they are getting $1k a month....but, then again, this is "smalltown" usa....and back when i met my friend at this restuarant, i dont think he was making much over $500/mo....if that

 

Yeah, minimum wage is under the $1K/month figure before any withholding.

 

We've been lucky here in Houston's Chinatown. I haven't seen any hint of any of this stuff at any of the places Jiaying has been to.

Edited May 18, 2008 by Randy W (see edit history)