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Firms in Gulf Coast Allege Nonpayment

Date: November 4, 2005

Author: Darryl Fears

QUOTE: Two months after the government began allotting billions of dollars for disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, subcontractors in the Mississippi Gulf Coast say they are not being paid. As a result, they say, they cannot pay their workers, who are mostly immigrant laborers...

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Key People:

Key Organizations:

• American National Red Cross, The (American Red Cross)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of Labor/Labor Department (DOL)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Halliburton Company
• US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• Washington Post Newspaper

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Information
    • Truth / Honesty / Lying / Cheating

• Businesses & Organizations
  • Credit / Loans (Business)
    • Collections / Billing / Accounts Receivable
  • Industry-Specific Issues
    • Construction
  • Range of Responsibilities
    • Outsourcing/Subcontracting

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Multi-Cultural/Minority Issues
    • Immigrants/Refugees

• North America
  • United States of America/USA
    • Alabama
    • Louisiana
    • Mississippi

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