Federal immigration officials notified Fresh Direct that they
were launching an investigation of the company's workers. Fresh
Direct told its workers about the investigation. Dozens of the
workers ran for the doors. Meanwhile, the workers had been
discussing the possibility of unionizing. So now the Teamsters
are accusing Fresh Direct of trying to bust the possible union
by terrorizing employees about the federal investigation. (Full
story in the NYT):  Any good news here?  Not much.  No matter
what happens, Fresh Direct loses good workers, the workers lose
(presumably) good jobs, and Fresh Direct's costs (and,
therefore, prices) go up, hurting customers.  Fresh Direct's
remaining employees presumably get a raise at some point, and
maybe better benefits, but only by forcing the company to hose
human beings who were willingly doing the same jobs for less.
If Fresh Direct is/was paying its document-challenged employees
slave wages, fine. If Fresh Direct is/was making a piggish
profit and intentionally employin