Uline, a Wisconsin-based office supply company owned by one of Donald Trump’s biggest financial backers, paid workers it brought from Mexico to work at its US warehouses just a fraction of what their US counterparts were paid, according to four sources who spoke to the Guardian.
The workers from Mexico earned per day about the same as their US counterparts were paid by the hour, according to the American and Mexican sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of nervousness about speaking out publicly against the company.
The new revelations follow a story the Guardian published in December, about a so-called “shuttle program” at the company, which Uline used to bring workers from its warehouses in Mexico to its warehouses in the US, especially Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
The Mexican workers traveled to the US using tourist visas and visas meant for employees who are entering the US temporarily to receive professional training, known as B1 visas, and not for regular work.
Making the trip from Mexico to the US could be stressful for those workers who understood that they were entering the US misrepresenting the nature of their travel, sources told the Guardian.
