Showing posts with label Discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Discrimination. Show all posts

Thursday, June 5, 2014

HONOLULU: 4 Hawaii farms settle Thai workers suit for $2.4M - Business Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com

Source: MiamiHerald.com:


Four Hawaii farms are settling a discrimination lawsuit for a total of $2.4 million over allegations that they exploited hundreds of Thai workers.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit in 2011 against California-based labor contractor Global Horizons and six Hawaii farms, with allegations including subjecting workers to discrimination, uninhabitable housing, insufficient food, inadequate wages and deportation threats.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Feds settle worker abuse lawsuit against Del Monte - KansasCity.com

SOURCE: KansasCity.com

  — Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc. will pay $1.2 million to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit claiming Thai workers on Hawaii farms were subjected to uninhabitable housing, insufficient food, low wages and deportation threats, a federal agency said Monday.

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http://www.kansascity.com/2013/11/18/4631938/eeoc-settles-hawaii-suit-with.html

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