Frank Piechowski,plant manager for a refrigerator production plant, has justreceived his instructions from the vice-president formanufacturing. He is to hire 40 more temporary workers throughCities Staffing, the local labour agency. Frank already knows frompast experience that most, if not all, of the new hires availableto work the assembly line will be Muslim Somali refugees, peoplewho have emigrated from their war-torn native country en masse overthe past 15 years.
The company, like allappliance manufacturers, is trying to survive in a highlycompetitive, mature industry. Appliance companies are competingmainly on price. The entrance of large chains has only intensifiedthe price wars, not
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