USA: Dept. of Labor sues for restraining order against fishing processors over alleged intimidation of migrant workers during live investigation
摘要
日期: 2023年9月19日
地點: 美國
企業
Battle Fish North - Employer , Magnolia Processing - Parent Company受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 漁業 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
剝奪言論自由 , 恐嚇和威脅 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Work & Conditions回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: The complaint included a request to prevent the companies interfering in the investigation.
資訊來源: Government publication
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The department alleges that a Tunica, Mississippi-based fish farm and processing plant and their owners and operators retaliated against and intimidated workers in violation of federal law during an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division. The agency’s investigation is part of a larger collaborative effort to investigate working conditions for migrant workers.
The department alleges that during the agency’s investigation, the employers attempted to hide evidence, provide false information and interrupt communications with witnesses. Investigators also found that the employers – Battle Fish North and Magnolia Processing Inc. and members of the family that owns both companies – told workers they did not have to speak with the investigators and threatened to retaliate against them if they did or if they did not lie to the investigators.
Filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, the complaint is accompanied by a motion asking the court to issue a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the employers and the owners and operators from interfering with a federal investigation into the employers’ pay practices.
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