Some industry experts said that the strong presence of the unions on the panel could lead to tension as United tries to restructure because they might pursue worker-related interests first rather than the interests of the creditors.
But Mr. Morton of ICE said the agency would not rule out pursuing workers proven to be illegal immigrants.
This would effectively close the back door through which hundreds of middle-aged football players, many with insubstantial pensions, have been pursuing workers' compensation claims.
The idea of having workers involved in boardrooms sounds a bit like corporatism – the fascistic notion that society should be structured around corporations – and is, ultimately, a way of reducing the role that trade unions play in pursuing workers' interests.
Insurers, government officials and business executives are also quick to blame lawyers, who they claim, pursue injured workers and encourage them to run up big bills.
Smith also feared that a jury would resent a professional athlete who made more than $1 million playing football pursuing a workers' compensation claim.
In an internal e-mail message 10 days later, Mr. Snyder reported that another immigration official had assured him in a meeting that day that the agency would pursue any Indian workers who left their jobs, "if for no other reason than to send a message to the remaining workers that it is not in their best interests to try and 'push' the system".
Abbott government-supported efforts to pursue individual construction workers for strike penalties – including preventing the sale of assets such as homes – have been branded as an "unprecedented" ideological attack.
If hundreds or thousands of workers pursue cases, "You get up to, like, tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars very quickly, just in arbitration expenses".
Toll on lives and infrastructure As aid workers pursue efforts to reach children at risk, the precarious fuel situation across Lebanon poses an additional challenge.
