Logging companies reprimanded
Two northern Maine logging operators will be banned from participating in the foreign workers visa program for allegedly hiring Canadian workers when American loggers were available to work.
The U.S. Department of Labor has charged E.J. Carrier of Jackman and Pelletier & Pelletier of Clayton Lake, with violating federal labor laws that require firms to recruit American loggers before hiring often lower-paid foreign workers. The ban will extend for this season and through next year, according to a release from the state Department of Labor.
Also, the Maine Department of Labor has initiated charges in Aroostook County Superior Court in Caribou against three other firms -- A.D. Logging Inc., B.J. Jalbert Inc. and S.L. Logging Inc. -- for allegedly violating state laws governing proof of equipment ownership.
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